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EPIC IN THE NEWS

Community-based teacher workforce initiative shows promise

DATE:  May 13, 2026

The West Michigan Teacher Collaborative, a community-based teacher recruitment and retention program, is showing early success in West Michigan.

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EPIC works with state and district partners to create a targeted research agenda to learn which reform strategies are most effective, where, when and for whom.

Most images of students and teachers on site are courtesy of Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action

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