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Teach for America: A Review of the Evidence
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Heilig, Julian Vasquez; Jez, Su Jin – Education Policy Research Unit, 2010
Teach For America (TFA) aims to address teacher shortages by sending graduates from elite colleges, most of whom do not have a background in education, to teach in low-income rural and urban schools for a two-year commitment. The impact of these graduates is hotly debated by those who, on the one hand, see this as a way to improve the supply of…
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