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The episode discusses efforts by Illinois teachers to recruit future educators through early exposure to teaching.

You might think you want to be a teacher until you come face to face with 30 kids.“There's nothing worse than getting to your junior year of college, being placed in your first observation, and going, 'I hate second graders.'”We talk with the teachers who lead the Southern Illinois Future Teachers Coalition about giving students early opportunities to see if the career’s for them…and recruiting the next generation of teachers.

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