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Applications shot up this year for Teach For America (TFA), which places recent college graduates as two-year teachers in needy schools. More than 20 members of the Harvard Class of 2002 will be joining the organization, according to campus representative Ajarae D. Johnson...
...This year was huge for TFA,” says Johnson, who will be moving to Los Angeles next year to teach for the program...
Like many of the people who work for TFA, Johnson does not necessarily plan to stay in education forever, but she appreciates the chance to experiment...
...study, the Teach For America teachers were compared to all new teachers, not just those with credentials. And in Houston, thanks to the emergency hiring of scores of novices, last year 35% of new hires did not even hold a bachelor?s degree. Says the Commission: "To say that TFA teachers do just about as well as other new [Houston] teachers, an extraordinary number of whom are extraordinarily unqualified, is a weak endorsement at best...
...TFA will have representatives at Harvard's career fair on Oct. 15, held at the Gordon Track and Tennis Center...