NY Times: Fast-Track Alternative to a Teaching Job

I don't know why this article was in the Money section of the NY Times.

It does not say much, although it does point out how quickly and cheaply one can become a teacher. (500 people @ $3,150. 1900 people @ $975.)

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A Fast-Track Alternative to a Teaching Job
By ELIZABETH OLSON
Published: October 15, 2009
About 600 alternative certification programs contribute roughly 20 percent of the country’s new teachers each year.