Each year, many top university graduates join Teach for America, or “TFA” for short. TFA builds a diverse, selective corps of top college graduates who commit two years to work as teachers in low-income communities and become lifelong leaders in pursuit of educational excellence and equity.
Remarkably, despite accepting only 21 percent of program applicants, more […]
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Teach for America Knocks on Rhode Island’s Door
Published by April 28th, 2008 in Alternative Certification, Great Leadership, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Quality and Urban Schools. 1 CommentKIPP Report Card: Off the Charts
Published by April 21st, 2008 in Charter Schools, Great Leadership, KIPP, Middle Schools, No Excuses and Urban Schools. 0 CommentsI don’t get to post to this blog nearly as often as I used to before joining the Board of Regents. Much of the time I would otherwise spend blogging is instead directed to working with fellow Regents and other Rhode Island education reformers to make change happen.
Today I had the opportunity of […]
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