Black Education / Schools : "Teach For America is part of an elite bipartisan scam to privatize public education"

[RAPTOR]

by Bruce A. Dixon (BAR)


(excerpt)

"...TFA replaces qualified, experienced mostly black teachers who live in the communities they serve with mostly white temps, graduated from a 5 week course who will move on to Wall Street and other lucrative careers after only a couple seasons in the classroom."

Read/listen here: http://www.blackagendareport.com/tim-wise-stamps-ghetto-passes-4-tfa-say-it-aint-so

 

[Alarm Clock]

by Bruce A. Dixon (BAR)


(excerpt)

"...TFA replaces qualified, experienced mostly black teachers who live in the communities they serve with mostly white temps, graduated from a 5 week course who will move on to Wall Street and other lucrative careers after only a couple seasons in the classroom."

Read/listen here: http://www.blackagendareport.com/tim-wise-stamps-ghetto-passes-4-tfa-say-it-aint-so

 

[Alarm Clock]

Teach For America critics gathering to organize resistance

By Valerie Strauss, Published: July 10 at 10:00

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...ica-critics-gathering-to-organize-resistance/

 

[Alarm Clock]

Most importantly, the program may retain its star status because it fits in so well with market-oriented reforms, such as for-profit charter schools. That would account for its success in raising huge sums from corporations such as the Walton Family Foundation, famous for promoting privatization.

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Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/20100815teach-for-america-edelsky16.html#ixzz2Yvbj1gIp​

 

[Omowale Jabali]

But when comparing the program's teachers with fully qualified teachers, it's a different story. A 2010 study called Teach For America: A Review of the Evidence found "standard certified teachers consistently outperformed uncertified Teach For America teachers with comparable experience in similar settings."

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarep...a-edelsky16.html?nclick_check=1#ixzz2YvtY1T9Z