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...goal of Teach For America is not to fill the teacher shortage,” writes TFA??s Director of Curriculum Development and former Crimson executive Andrew K. Mandel ’00. “It’s to recruit and train outstanding people who will work relentlessly for two years to narrow the achievement gap with their students and will become part of a movement of lifelong advocates for educational equity...
...Brakke writes in an e-mail. “We ask our corps members to go above and beyond traditional expectations of teachers so that their students achieve at the same level as their peers in high-income areas.” In short, it appears that TFA??s main constraint to accepting more teachers is the quality of the applicants—not a lack of enthusiasm in other districts to join TFA and not a desire from already participating districts to limit TFA teacher numbers...
Another participant, Avik Chatterjee ’02 points to TFA??s increasing media profile. “Teach For America has recently gained a lot of press [attention],” he notes. The organization has seen increased involvement by celebrities like Peter Jennings and First Lady Laura Bush, who participated in teaching for a week. And the organization will be the primary beneficiary of a PGA tour event. With this growing prominence and the increasingly choosy selection process, TFA now offers something that is familiar to Harvard students: a competition for a spot in a prominent...
...convenient and hassle-free method of acquiring a teaching position. TFA also prides itself on its training process, which includes six weeks of courses, and a stint teaching summer school in the Bronx. Johnson, who now teaches sixth-grade Social Studies in Compton, Calif., notes TFA??s ongoing support through alumni meetings. The training and alumni network are all attractive benefits, but the program’s vision is its most attractive feature. Chatterjee, who teaches high school chemistry in Newark, N.J., explains, “Teach For America has a very unique vision and mission statement...