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Download full textSinger, Jeremy; Brewer, T. Jameson – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2021
We describe the alumni engagement efforts by Teach For America (TFA) in Detroit as a case study of the specific ways that the organization works to influence its alumni's involvement in educational politics and disposition towards particular types of educational reform. During the 2019-20 school year, TFA Detroit facilitated a series of…
Descriptors: National Programs, Alternative Teacher Certification, Alumni, Political Attitudes
Anderson, Ashlee B.; Thomas, Matthew A. M.; Brewer, T. Jameson – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2022
Teach For America (TFA) has left an indelible mark on education in the United States and worldwide through its expansion via Teach For All. A considerable body of research examines the impact and experiences of teachers who enter the profession via TFA and related organizations, including the ways in which they embody controversial policies and…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Alternative Teacher Certification, Public School Teachers, Interaction
Direct linkVeltri, Barbara Torre; Brewer, T. Jameson – Education and Urban Society, 2020
In this empirical, qualitative study, Teach For America (TFA) corps member teachers' lives are examined through the lens of George Posner's seven "frame factors," namely, (a) temporal, (b) physical, (c) cultural, (d) economic, (e) organizational, (f) political-legal, and (g) personal, which offer insight into the contextualized TFA…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teachers, Disadvantaged
Vasquez Heilig, Julian; Brewer, T. Jameson; Kim, Amber K.; Sanchez, Miguel – Urban Education, 2021
To analyze the counternarrative in the public discourse surrounding Teach For America (TFA), this paper represents the first digital ethnography in education policy. We conduct a qualitative analysis of Truth For America, an education policy podcast. We found four overarching themes that arose from conversations with respondents: (1) problematic…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Audio Equipment, Educational Policy, Teaching Methods
Brewer, T. Jameson – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2014
This article seeks to characterize Teach For America's (TFA) theoretical framework as engendering disillusionment among its corps members. Given that the corps members have little to no pedagogical or methods training prior to taking on teaching positions through TFA, the lessons learned during the summer training set the stage for the…
Descriptors: Teacher Burnout, Summer Programs, Training, Teacher Competencies
