Drake offers teacher tuition help

Drake University is offering a new, two thousand dollar scholarship to all students who want to become a teacher. Jamie Ferrare is dean of Drake’s School of Education.He says the scholarship is for all students entering the school of education, regardless of their finances. Ferrare says the scholarships are being handed out for the first time this fall.Ferrare hopes the scholarship encourages more students to enter the profession.The Drake School of Education has about 220 undergraduate students, accounting for five percent of Drake’s student body.