Teach For America (TFA)
Teaching Profession
What Happened to All of the New Orleans Teachers Fired After Hurricane Katrina?
A new study shows that half of them never taught in Louisiana again.
Teaching Profession
Teach for America Fights Back Against Trump's Proposed AmeriCorps Cut
The teacher-training organization is urging Congress to protect AmeriCorps funding in the final budget.
Teaching Profession
Teacher Programs Face Loss of Funding With Trump's Proposed AmeriCorps Cut
The $1 billion AmeriCorps program provides money to Teach for America and other teacher-preparation organizations.
Federal
Opinion
Get Rid of the Department of Education? Why Not?
I think a case could be made that the last two administrations have so morphed the originating aims of a federal department in charge of educating all students--whether intentionally or not--we might not find the loss of a department of education and burning down 16 years of questionable policy such a loss. But then--I think of equity. We are responsible for all children. Aren't we?
Teaching Profession
After the Election, DACA Teachers Wonder About Their Future in the Classroom
For nearly 150 Teach for America teachers who have temporary resident status through DACA, the election's outcome signals an unknown future.
Teaching Profession
Teach For America: Same Story, Different Times
Coverage of Teach For America sounds the same, but the organization is vastly different 25 years later.
Education
Teach For America: Salvation or 'Disservice'?
Two-and-a-half years ago, a Princeton University undergraduate named Wendy S. Kopp wrote a senior thesis that raised its share of professorial eyebrows.
Teaching Profession
Three TFA Teachers Resign After Leak of Offensive Messages About Students
Teachers have resigned after being caught sending insulting and expletive-ridden messages about their students, sparking criticism of Teach for America itself.
Equity & Diversity
News in Brief
TFA 'Education for Justice' Pilot Training Effort to Fold
Teach For America has announced that it is winding down a pilot program that gave some of its recruits a year of additional training related to cultural diversity.
Teaching Profession
Teach For America Ends Pre-Training Pilot Focused on Cultural Competency
The social justice-oriented TFA pilot will end, but TFA says it will apply lessons to new recruitment efforts.
Teacher Preparation
Teach For America Vows Recruitment Changes in Wake of Application Drop
TFA will streamline its application process in the wake of a third year of application declines.
Teaching Profession
News in Brief
In Shakeup, TFA Cuts 15 Percent of Staff
Teach For America is laying off some of its national and regional staff as part of its transition to a less-centralized business model.
Teaching Profession
In Shakeup, Teach For America to Lay Off Staff
The cuts will reduce Teach For America's staff by 15 percent.
Teaching Profession
New York Board Paves Way for Undocumented Immigrants to Get Teacher Licenses
New York looks to join other states in allowing DREAMers, undocumented immigrants brought here by their parents as children, to attain teaching licenses.