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For many of us it’s the beginning of mid-winter break and you can’t swing a dirty sock at the airport without hitting a flustered parent strapped into a Hello Kitty backpack, herding half asleep kids into their special time with TSA. Before running off to all points warm and dry, take a minute to help [...]
A new survey of Teach for America teachers from the 2001, 2002, and 2003 cohorts shows that the majority of alumni stay in schools well past their two year commitment. Sixty percent of TFA teachers taught in schools longer than two years and 35 percent taught for more than four years. At five years, about [...]
Teach for America alumnus and Teachers United founder, Chris Eide, discusses ways in which policies like LIFO (Last In, First Out) affects students, the importance of teachers advocating for their students and how we can improve student performance. The mission of Teachers United is to improve outcomes for students by ensuring that a greater proportion [...]
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What makes a good teacher? Although simple in phrasing, this question has no easy answer. CityClub Seattle plans to tackle this and more on Friday, September 30th at Town Hall when they host “The Best Teachers for Our Children.” The event will be moderated by KUOW reporter Phyllis Fletcher and will feature a panel of [...]
Hard to believe we are in the last weeks of summer. Seriously. It hurts. Thinking about packing up a kindergartner and starting the all-too-fast race through school years is putting a limp in my strut. And fog. Seriously, Seattle? Thank (insert reference to your faith here) that there’s preseason football to charm and distract. United: [...]
This post was written by Molly Schumer, a Teach for America alumnus who recently taught in the Mississippi Delta. If you are interested in applying for Teach for America, visit the TFA website. Two weeks after I graduated from Reed in ’09, I packed my belongings into a used Hyundai and drove over 2,000 miles [...]
In case you missed our latest Voices from the Education Revolution speaker series event, the Seattle Channel has you covered. You can view the video of Teach for America’s Wendy Kopp speaking at MOHAI earlier this month as part of Seattle Channel’s Town Square series. Wendy Kopp, founder and chief executive officer of Teach for [...]
Last night, Wendy Kopp, the founder and chief executive officer of Teach for America (TFA), spoke to a crowd of 300 at the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle. Kopp spoke about what has changed and what she has learned since starting TFA twenty years ago. She said that the growing number of high-performing [...]
Join us in one week to hear Wendy Kopp, the founder and chief executive officer of Teach for America (TFA), speak in Seattle. Students, parents and education advocates are invited to a free, public event at the Museum of History & Industry on March 2nd at 6:30 p.m. Click here to register (space is limited). [...]
