<p>Oh, my gosh … our Pell students have really increased. With the year round Pell, I wonder how much the shortfall is truly going to be. I think the feds are going to be quite surprised. They seem a bit clueless about the state of this country’s finances. Most of us don’t have the federal treasury money press for our personal use …</p>
<p>Voting on it tomorrow
[Pell</a> grant crunch time - Mar. 20, 2010](<a href=“http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/20/news/economy/Pell_Grants/index.htm?hpt=T1]Pell”>Pell grant crunch time - Mar. 20, 2010)</p>
<p>My husband brought forth another good point yesterday re: TEACH. If my son did not take it, but landed a job in a needy school district anyway (which IF he came back home, our city school district falls into the needy category) you would be sorry you didn’t take it.</p>
<p>Not necessarily a deal winner thought, but an interesting thought.</p>
<p>Have you tried to find out which cities the TEACH grant people could work in? That might help your decision.</p>
<p>abasket</p>
<p>Is your son the kind that would seek out the challenging environments? Because as a math teacher, most likely he will have some choices in his assignments. In other words, I wouldn’t expect that he would end up in a school that qualifies for the TEACH unless that is what he is looking for OR he has a very specific community/city he wants to live in.</p>
<p>I most recently attended as USDOE conference where there was a discussion about the lowest performing schools in the country. While many are in inner cities, a great many are in rural areas as well. Would he want to live in the middle of no where for that many years?</p>
<p>abasket,</p>
<p>If your son did not take the teach grant now, he would still be eligible for it as a grad student (at a time where it could benefit him the most). Remember as a grad student he would be considered independent, making no money and where most grad programs are loans only the grant could come in handy.</p>
<p>[Student</a> Aid on the Web](<a href=“http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/TEACH.jsp]Student”>http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/TEACH.jsp)</p>
<p>Good point sybbie.</p>