Teach for America's value to Dallas ISD classrooms debated
01:07 AM CDT on Sunday, September 5, 2010
A contingent of top-flight college graduates began converging on Dallas ISD last year to fill teaching positions. Under a contract with the school district, their expertise was to be used in the neediest schools, as sort of a Peace Corps for education.
In the program's inaugural year in the district, Dallas schools took in 80 Teach for America recruits. This school year, 107 more hit Dallas classrooms.
As the second wave gets to work, concerns have been raised about