Now it appears that we are going to deal the program a disheartening blow. Let us review some facts. The Teacher Corps spent $17.3 million this year. The money went to supply 1.800 teacherinterns in a variety of Teacher Corps programs In 30 States. The programs ranged from schools in Harlem. Detroit and Chicago. to the Indian reservations of Nebraska to the migrant labor programs in California. In all instances the programs were aimed at educating the children of the poor. They were aimed at arresting the serious dropout rates that afflict all poverty area schools. to give a little hope where there was once despair.