Over the next 10 years, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota will need 25,000 new, effective teachers. The Network for Excellence in Teaching (NExT) is meeting that challenge.

A partnership of 14 teacher-preparation programs and the Bush Foundation, NExT is focused on recruiting students, preparing them well, placing them in schools and supporting them once they get there. The teachers who enter classrooms with NExT training and support behind them will be the key to increasing educational achievement for students across Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.