I love Teach for America. I am a junkie. I think the organization has had tremendous influence within our communities and even if you don't like that teachers get 6 weeks of training and are thrown to the wolves..err..12 year olds..so soon, people are talking more and more about the cracks in the system, the lack of funding for schools and our future leaders, the disparity between rich and poor. TFA expedited the conversations, politics and reform. This weekend, Washington DC will host TFA's 20th anniversary summit. 20,000 some alum and who knows how many corps members. DC is going to have the brightest minds in our country for 2.5 days. I wish I could go, surround myself with the driven, Type A people that work to get students from 1st grade level to 6th grade level, that inspire a love of math in our students, that get undocumented students to college... I am in awe of the power we have to change.
This article is another look at how TFA has influenced our society - and digs into the science behind who we are as TFA teachers and alum.
http://educationnext.org/creating-a-corps-of-change-agents/
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