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Direct linkVirginia S. Lovison – Education Next, 2024
Since its founding 34 years ago, Teach For America has prepared nearly 70,000 recent college graduates and career-changers to teach in high-poverty schools across the United States. Unlike traditional teacher-preparation programs, it places "corps members" in short-staffed public schools after an intensive summer seminar, before they are…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teachers, Disadvantaged
Conn, Katharine M.; Lovison, Virginia S.; Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung – Education Next, 2020
Does the experience of teaching in low-income schools through Teach for America (TFA) affect individuals' views on education policy and reform? And if so, how? For this article, the authors surveyed TFA applicants for the 2007-15 cohorts to find out. The survey targeted the set of applicants who had advanced to the competitive program's final…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Alternative Teacher Certification, Teacher Attitudes, Disadvantaged Schools
