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Encyclopedia > Teach for America
Teach For America, Inc.
Type Non-profit organization
Founded 1990
Headquarters New York, NY
Key people Wendy Kopp, Founder
Website teachforamerica.org

Teach For America (TFA) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to close the academic achievement gap between children from different socio-economic backgrounds. Image File history File links TeachForAmerica. ... A non-profit organization (abbreviated NPO, or non-profit or not-for-profit) is an organization whose primary objective is to support an issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes, without concern for monetary profit. ... New York, New York redirects here. ... Wendy Kopp, a graduate of Princeton University, started the nonprofit organization Teach For America. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ...


Teach For America relies on the teachers they recruit to carry out their mission: to ensure that "One day, all children will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education." The goal of TFA is for its "corps members" not only to make a short-term impact on their students, but also to become lifelong leaders in pursuing educational equality.


TFA recruits recent college graduates to teach for two years in schools in low-income communities throughout the United States. Corps members do not have to be certified teachers, although certified teachers may apply. Uncertified corps members receive alternative certification through coursework taken while completing the program. Corps members attend an intensive 5-week summer institute to prepare for their commitment [1]. TFA teachers are placed in schools in urban areas such as New York City and Houston, as well as in rural places like eastern North Carolina and the Mississippi Delta. They then serve for 2 years, and are usually placed in schools with other Teach For America corps members. TFA teachers are full-fledged faculty members at their schools, receiving the normal school district salary and benefits as well as a modest AmeriCorps "education voucher" (which can be used to pay for credentialing courses, cover previous student loans, or fund further education after the two-year commitment). There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... Houston redirects here. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (901 km)  - % water 9. ... The shared flood plain of the Yazoo and Mississippi Rivers The Mississippi Delta is the distinct northwest section of the state of Mississippi that lies between the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers. ... the AmeriCorps logo In the United States, AmeriCorps is a network of more than 3,000 non-profit organizations, public agencies, and faith-based organizations. ...

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History

The organization was founded by Wendy Kopp, after she developed the idea to help eliminate educational inequity in the United States for her senior thesis at Princeton University in 1989. Since its beginning in 1990, more than 14,000 corps members have completed their commitment to TFA. The history of the organization is chronicled in her book "One Day, All Children: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach for America and What I Learned Along the Way" Wendy Kopp, a graduate of Princeton University, started the nonprofit organization Teach For America. ... Princeton University is a coeducational private university located in Princeton, New Jersey, in the United States of America. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ...


Applying to Teach For America has become very popular among seniors at some of America's elite colleges. In its first year, TFA placed only 500 teachers. In 2005, The New York Times reported Teach For America received applications from "12 percent of Yale's graduates, 11 percent of Dartmouth's and 8 percent of Harvard's and Princeton's." In 2006, close to 19,000 individuals applied for an incoming corps of 2,400.[2]


Teach for America's geographical impact has also grown. Originally serving only 6 regions, TFA is now active in 26 communities:

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Debate over educational impact

Since the founding of the organization, some have questioned whether Teach For America teachers perform better than the teachers schools would have hired in their absence.[5] Mathematica Policy Research addressed this question in a study published in June 2004. The study compared the gains in reading and math achievement made by students randomly assigned to TFA teachers or other teachers in the same school. The results showed that, on average, students with TFA teachers raised their mathematics test scores 0.15 standard deviations more than the gains made by other students. This is equivalent to students having received one extra month of instruction. In reading, students with TFA teachers performed similarly to students with other teachers.


In the spring of 2005, a study published by Stanford researchers, including educational researcher Linda Darling-Hammond, concluded that TFA teachers in Houston who had not completed certification programs were less effective than traditionally credentialed teachers.[6] "Our study doesn't say you shouldn't hire Teach for America teachers," said Hammond, "Our study says everyone benefits from preparation, including Teach for America teachers — that they became more effective when they became certified." [7] Teach For America has disputed the methodology of that study, which compared first and second year TFA teachers with more experienced teachers at other schools and studied only a very small group of teachers. The study's statistical models used a large number of variables (17) and produced moderate R-Squared statistics (0.43 to 0.68). Linda Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at the Stanford University School of Education. ... A statistical model is used in applied statistics. ... In statistics, the coefficient of determination R2 is the proportion of variability in a data set that is accounted for by a statistical model. ...


Retention and alumni

It is reported that between 10 and 15 percent of each Teach For America corps class leaves before completing their two-year commitment.[8] Many reasons for drop out have been postulated, including the stress of meeting the high goals set by the Teach For America mission and challenging school conditions.


In the past much of the organization's efforts have been tightly focused on recruitment, but are now shifting to boost the retention rate. TFA also reports that 34 percent of alumni teach at their placement schools for a third year. Many others go on to teach elsewhere, especially at KIPP charter schools and other schools founded by TFA alumni. Still others train for administrative positions, and TFA now reports that 63 percent of its alumni are working or studying in education[9] -- but not necessarily as classroom teachers, which has raised some criticisms of the organization.[6] Students at KIPP Academy Middle School, Houston, TX KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, is a nationwide network of free open-enrollment college-preparatory public schools in under-resourced communities throughout the United States. ...


Similar programs

  • Teach Kentucky - Teach Kentucky recruits select grads to teach in Kentucky public schools - participants receive full salary, benefits, credentialing, and subsidized masters degree. A program founded by Yale alumni concentrated in greater Louisville area with great peer and community support.
  • NYC Teaching Fellows - A program that recruits, selects, and trains mid-career professionals and recent college graduates from all majors and backgrounds to become teachers in NYC public schools. It is responsible for up to 1/3 of the teaching staff in the city. While teaching, Fellows earn full salary, benefits, and a subsidized Master's Degree in education.
  • Mississippi Teacher Corps - A two-year teaching program based in the Mississippi Delta. The Teacher Corps selects about 10% of all applicants. Participants receive teacher certification and a full scholarship for an MA in Education.
  • Teach First - A UK program based on Teach For America. It places graduate students in inner city teaching positions. The scheme also gives participants the opportunity to gain a management and business qualification, through the form of a 'mini' MBA at Tanaka Business School.

To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... The Mississippi Teacher Corps (MTC) is a two-year teaching program that recruits college graduates to teach in critical-need areas of Mississippi. ... Teach First is a UK-based scheme started in 2002 and modelled on the US-based Teach For America. ... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ... Tanaka Business School, Imperial College Tanaka Business School is the business school of Imperial College London. ...

References

  1. ^ TFA (2006). Summer Institute. TFA. Retrieved on 29 August 2006.
  2. ^ Lewin, Tamar: The New York Times (2005). Options Open, top Graduates Line Up to Teach to the Poor. TFA. Retrieved on 29 August 2006.
  3. ^ TFA (2007). Placement regions - Denver. TFA. Retrieved on 30 January 2007.
  4. ^ Teach For America Coming To Jacksonville
  5. ^ Decker, Paul; Mayer, Daniel; Glazerman, Steven: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (2004). The Effects of Teach for America on Students: Findings from a National Evaluation. MPR. Retrieved on 29 August 2006.
  6. ^ a b Darling-Hammond, Linda; Holtzman, Deborah; Gatlin, Su Jin; Vasquez Heilig, Julian (2005). Does Teacher Preparation Matter?. Stanford University. Retrieved on 29 August 2006.
  7. ^ Toppo, Greg (2005). Study stirs teaching controversy. TFA. Retrieved on 29 August 2006.
  8. ^ Gillers, Gillian: Current Magazine (2006). Learning Curve. MSNBC. Retrieved on 29 August 2006.
  9. ^ TFA (2006). Program. TFA. Retrieved on 29 August 2006.

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Teach for America: Winner's Statement (576 words)
What it does: Teach for America runs a service corps of recent college graduates who are trained and placed for two years as teachers in low-income urban and rural public schools.
At Teach for America, we believe that the gap in educational outcomes that persists along socio-economic and racial lines is our nation's greatest domestic challenge, and that it must be our generation's civil rights movement.
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