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Reports that California its revising its teacher education requirements, that shifts the state's emphasis from a fifth year of study to a two-year internship for novice teachers. Amount of money which the state will spend on providing first and second year teachers with a supervised induction into the classroom; Comments from David Wright, director of the programs and policy division of the California State Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

The article discusses a grant received by Education Pioneers, a nonprofit group based in California that recruits top graduate students into summer internships in education organizations. Support from the Los Angeles, California-based Broad Foundation will enable the program to expand into additional cities. Interns are placed in urban school districts, charter-management organizations and educational nonprofit groups.