#MoreLearningLessDebt: Voices of Aspiring Teachers on Why Money Matters

The future of the teaching profession depends on improving access to quality preparation programs by ensuring that aspiring teachers are supported financially in their journey to becoming the best-prepared educators they can be. Conducting a survey at 12 institutions across seven states to explore aspiring teachers’ financial burdens, Prepared To Teach examines anxieties that aspiring teachers face during preparation, the difficult choices they are often forced to make in order to pursue their passion for teaching, and the impact this has on the quality and diversity of our nation’s pool of teacher candidates.