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TFA teachers: How long do they teach? Why do they leave?
- 10-05-2011
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By Morgaen L. Donaldson and Susan Moore Johnson/Education Week (Phi Delta Kappan)
Few observers doubt that Teach For America (TFA) has high aspirations. Established in 1990, TFA strives to close persistent racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps in U.S. public education by recruiting high-achieving college graduates to teach for two years in low-income urban and rural schools. In recent years, applications to TFA have soared, especially at highly selective colleges. In 2009-10, for example, 18% of Harvard University’s seniors applied to the program. Proposing to expand its teaching corps from 7,300 to 13,000 over the next five years, TFA recently won $50 million in the federal i3 (Investing in Innovation) competition and succeeded in raising $10 million in matching funds. TFA’s rapid growth and success in garnering financial support from public and private sources exhilarates some — and angers others. (more...)
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