Category Archives: Teach for America
The Weekly Update: The good news the ed reformers don’t want you to hear, following the money of corporate reform, testing, the Common Core Standards and how it all relates
So much news, so little time. First, the good news from edushyster: The Great Deception How to convince the public to abandon the wishy-washy notion of education for all in … Continue reading
The Weekly Update: Chomsky on Public Education, SWF’s need only apply, a Stand for Children Fail in Chicago and more
The Weekly Update for the news and views you might have missed This week we’ll start with EduShyster and their article Single White Female The achievement gap is the civil … Continue reading
A call to action: No more public funding for Teach for America!
In 2009, Teach for America, Inc. (TFA, Inc.) had over $300M in net assets. In 2010, Wendy Kopp received a $50M grant from the government to send unqualified college recruits … Continue reading
No Teach for America in Renton
This is my take on the story. I was involved with this because a friend of mine is a teacher in the Renton School District and I followed it from … Continue reading
Teach for America cashing in on ed reform?
What started out as a possibly altruistic idea of going into small towns in the South where it was difficult to staff schools and instead bring in lightly trained recent … Continue reading
Who’s going to pay for TFA? Or will it be “free” for Seattle?
Teach for America, Inc. wanted so badly to be in Seattle that in the contract with the Seattle Public School system, it is stated that we don’t have to pay … Continue reading
Ninth Circuit Reaffirms Ruling That Trainee Teachers Not Intended as “Highly Qualified” Under NCLB eg: Teach for America
As a reminder that Teach for America, Inc. recruits should not be teaching our children, it is illegal under the law to have unqualified individuals hired as “teachers” in public … Continue reading
Weekly Update: Some good news, Teach for America, Inc.- the sham and Jesse Turner on poverty
First some good news. A Seattle student at Salmon Bay, a progressive alternative K-8 school in Seattle, won C-SPAN’s Student Cam 2012 first-place award for a very insightful video titled … Continue reading
Final words on Teach for America, Inc., well…not really
The Seattle School Board voted last night 4 to 3 to continue the contract with Teach for America. Unfortunately, I believe that this sends a message to our well qualified … Continue reading
A letter to the Seattle PTA President regarding Teach for America, Inc.
Dear Lauren, I am a fellow SPS parent and I just read this in the Seattle Times: Controversy about TFA may lag behind the times. Seattle PTSA Council President Lauren … Continue reading
A former Teach for America, Inc. recruit speaks up
Maybe we can get our school board members to watch this video before they vote on continuing our contract with Teach for America, Inc. In Mr. Bilby’s words: My name … Continue reading
