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Teaching: A Student Called Jacqueline
A former grade-school teacher reflects on his Teach for America days. For years, I have been haunted by the fate of Jacqueline Barnes, my best...
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Are 1,000 Teach For America Teachers Worth $8 Million?
Teach For America's presence in Texas may be in jeopardy thanks to the state's $20 billion budget shortfall.
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WaPo Columnists Debate Teach for America
Is TFA our best method for getting talented young people into the classroom?
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Teaching: Notes from the Front Lines
On finding your element I just finished Ken Robinson’s book, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything. If you have not yet read...
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Apple's Genius Idea: Donating Your Old iPad to Teach For America Classrooms
iPads are extremely useful educational tools, so it's nice that Apple is helping to funnel used first-generation models to schools that need them.
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Teaching: The Book
A former grade-school teacher reflects on his Teach for America days. The two years I taught fourth grade in the rural black public schools of...
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Should Teach For America Require a Five-Year Commitment?
A new review article (pdf), which looks at a litany of studies dealing with teacher effectiveness, particularly as it relates to Teach for...
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More College Grads Are Taking Nonprofit Jobs. But Is It Just a Fad?
Desperate grads are turning to nonprofit and public sector jobs—and finding they like them. But will they stay?
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America Cares About Buying Guns, Not Educating Kids
America is set to spend 20 percent of our federal budget on defense and a mere 3 percent on education.
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Is it Time to 'Occupy Teach For America'?
Influential Teach For America alumnus Gary Rubinstein is calling for current teachers and other alumni to demand change in the organization.
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Teaching: A Lesson in Fortitude
How a student named Martin proved that first impressions are not always what they seem. A few years ago, I taught a low-income, first-generation...
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Yellow School Bus on the Loose: A Cross-Country Trip to Save Public Schools
Four young entrepreneurs are on a 10,000-mile journey to learn how they can best help schools before giving money.
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Superb Idea: Hire Teachers for Public Schools the Way We Hire Them for Private Schools
Districts like Washington D.C. are changing their hiring practices to ensuring only the most talented applicants get in front of kids.
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Mind the Gap: My Door Is Open
An inner-city schoolteacher on the isolated nature of his profession. In positions past, I spent a lot of time working in a cubicle, but I never...
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Does Teach For America's Summer Institute Really Prepare Teachers for the Classroom?
Institute guru Susan Asiyanbi responds to some of the common critiques of the intensive process.
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Mind the Gap
The inspiration and exasperation of an inner-city schoolteacher. This is a new column by a teacher in the South Bronx. It will appear every...
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How Obama's Education Grants Hinder True Innovation
A funny thing happened on the way to education innovation, a new report reveals.
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Harriet Ball, Master Educator and KIPP Inspiration, Has Died
The tireless teacher and advocate for educational excellence has passed away. Thankfully, her legacy still lives on.
