Tennessee residency program trains new teachers and combats shortages
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As the nation deals with severe teacher shortages, a new Tennessee residency program could be a potential solution to the crisis. The first-of-it-kind program allows teaching candidates to work full-time in the classroom while pursuing their degree — a win for future teachers and schools.
One of those teachers is Demetrius Winn, who works at Kenwood Middle School, an hour north of Nashville. Two years ago, the 42-year-old father of four spent his days mopping floors as a school custodian.
"It's definitely been a change," Winn told CBS News correspondent Meg Oliver.
Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.