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Teach For America
Headquarters: New York, NY | Founded: 1990 | www.teachforamerica.org
Teach For America is building the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our nation's most promising future leaders in the effort. Teach For America recruits diverse, outstanding college graduates to commit two years to teach in low-income urban and rural communities, and become life-long advocates to expand opportunities for children. Today, 4,400 corps members teach in 1,000 schools, and more than 12,000 alumni work from within education and from every other sector to effect social change.
Results
- Attracted more than 17,300 applications in 2005, including between 8 and 12 percent of the graduating classes of Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Spelman, and Yale.
- A June 2005 independent study of Teach For America found that students of Teach For America corps members make 10 percent more progress per year than expected in math, compared to the progress of students in classrooms with certified and veteran teachers.
Stories
Social Entrepreneur
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Wendy Kopp |
