You’ve heard of the El Dorado Promise, which provides a college education for students who go to El Dorado schools? Well here’s another promise in education, from Go Forward Pine Bluff.

It’s called Teach Pine Bluff and it promises a free master’s degree at UA Pine Bluff, UA Little Rock or UA Monticello for certified teachers who commit to live in Pine Bluff and teach in the Pine Bluff, Dollarway or Watson Chapel school districts for three years. City and private money has provided $690,000 for the program to pay for 27 teachers a year for the next three years.

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