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CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) Many school districts have had to go outside North Dakota to recruit teachers. And the state’s Education Standards and Practices Board says for this year, it has licensed more teachers from outside the state than it has in-state college graduates. Valley City State University officials say they’re working to meet the needs.

Gary Thompson is the dean of the school of education at Valley City State.       

Valley City is working with NDSU and Minnesota State University-Moorhead to recruit teachers. Alan Olson is an associate professor in the school of education and graduate studies. He says the program is called the “Valley Partnership.”          

But Olson says recruiting students to pursue a teaching career remains a challenge.
          

Olson and Thompson say all teacher education programs in North Dakota work together to try and solve the problem.