Teach For America
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Teach For America corps members, staff, and alumni are on the frontlines of education reform. As education becomes a more visible topic in American politics, more people are blogging about the organization.
One place where this tag is extremely popular is an online community called TeachFor.Us, the site for Teach For America blogs by Teach For America teachers. This community is recognized by Teach For America as the independent blog community for the teachers.
Teach For America is a US-based nonprofit focused on closing the achievement gap in education. Teach For America was started as the senior thesis of Wendy Kopp while at Princeton. Today Teach For America is one of the largest employers of recent college graduates. Teach For America teachers, or corps members, teach in underserved school districts around the country. The belief is that one day, all children will be able to receive an excellent education.
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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Teach For America”
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New Eli Segal Fellow Announced: Teach For America Alum Iris Dooling
The New Service —
Authority: 119
Iris Dooling Former Teach For America and Indiana Reading Corps member Iris L. Dooling has been named 2010’s Eli Segal Fellow. The Eli Segal Fellowship annually brings former AmeriCorps members to the headquarter offices of the Corporation for National and Community Service in Washington, DC, to serve in ...3 days ago -
Lessons from the Corps: GW Students Active in Teach for America
The Daily Colonial —
Authority: 129
Teach for America, the national AmeriCorps program that places college graduates in struggling public school systems, has been the top domestic employer of GW students in recent years. With an edge for civic engagement and a desire to make a difference, GW alumni and current students are attracted to the program, but ...1 week ago -
A Heartfelt Thank You to Teach For America Teachers In Tulsa
Bounded Rationality —
Authority: 425
As a lifelong Tulsan, I want to thank the Teach for America Teachers , for their dedication and determination in the cause that they have endeavored to do: Teach in Tulsas problem schools. I believe that all of Tulsa thanks you, and whether they agree with the program or not, Im sure they would agree that what you ...1 week ago -
I Joined the Teach for America 2010 Corps
Shack Attack —
Authority: 117
I got the following email this Tuesday: I am pleased to extend you an offer to join the Teach For America 2010 corps! This offer to join Teach For America reflects your outstanding accomplishments, leadership potential, and commitment to expanding educational opportunities for children in low-income communities. ...3 weeks ago -
The Education Wars
Random Thoughts from Random Places —
Authority: 148
Who would have thought Teach for America would be an avenue for the religious to impose their beliefs on public school students ? But a substantial number of TFAs corps members agree. Nicole Baker Fulgham, TFAs vice president of community faith relations, said TFA began directly recruiting from religious groups in ...4 weeks ago -
Teach For America Goes Olympic!
Tim Morehouse —
Authority: 122
While covering the 100 day countdown to the Vancouver Olympic Celebration at Rockefeller Center I was excited to find some familiar faces!Amongst the hundreds of local children in attendance were severeal current and former Teach For America teachers and their students!The kids and teachers all got some pretty jazzy ...4 weeks ago -
Salute a Senior: Findlay Finds Community, Love for the Game in Rugby
The Bi-College News Online —
Authority: 137
By Amanda Kennedy Bryn Mawr senior Becky Findlay was not always a rugby player, but there was no turning back once she began playing on the pitch. Findlay rowed crew her freshman year. Her enthusiasm for the sport never waned, but her "time management skills and sleeping schedule just did not line up ...4 weeks ago -
Flunking the slackers
Joanne Jacobs —
Authority: 591
A Teach for America teacher blogs that 38 out of 105 students are failing her science class. Most don’t attend regularly. I was surprised at the backlash I got from some teachers. One teacher actually suggested that I take the ones who only have 15 or 16 class cuts and give them 65s. HOW IS THAT FAIR??? I have ...5 weeks ago -
New Jersey Nonprofit Leader: Heather Calverase, Teach For America
The New Service —
Authority: 119
Posted as part of Nonprofit Career Month , featuring the diversity of career opportunities in the nonprofit sector. Listen to more shows in this series . Today’s guest is Heather Calverase, Executive Director of Teach For America ’s Newark, New Jersey region where she is responsible for growing sustainable ...5 weeks ago -
Please Help the Cause: It’s for the Kids
Leveraging Ideas —
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Usually I steer clear of posting personal things on this blog, but I wanted to ask for support in helping a great cause. My youngest sister is part of Teach for America . She’s spent the last year and a half in an extremely impoverished and isolated area of New Mexico, working on a Navajo Indian Reservation as a ...5 weeks ago -
TFA teachers excel in LA
Joanne Jacobs —
Authority: 591
Teach for America teachers in Los Angeles outperformed non-TFA teachers in the same grade levels, subjects and schools, concludes a study funded by the Broad Foundation. From Teacher Beat: . . . TFA teachers were linked to test scores that were 3 points higher overall than non-TFA teachers, even those who had been ...5 weeks ago -
Veteran TFA Manager Reveals "Onward Christian Soldier" Strategy
Schools Matter —
Authority: 138
This interesting account of an overheard conversation on a plane comes from EduFlack , who is an avowed fan of TFA: . . . .For this flight, I was seated directly in front of a regional manager from Teach for America. As luck would have it, he was a chatter, as was the businessman seated next to him. TFA was asked ...6 weeks ago -
Veteran TFA Manager Reveals "Onward Christian Soldier" Strategy
Schools Matter —
Authority: 138
This interesting account of an overheard conversation on a plane comes from EduFlack , who is an avowed fan of TFA: . . . .For this flight, I was seated directly in front of a regional manager from Teach for America. As luck would have it, he was a chatter, as was the businessman seated next to him. TFA was asked ...6 weeks ago
