Roberto Perez: Praise for Teach for America slights lifelong dedicated teachers
Roberto Perez: Praise for Teach for America slights lifelong dedicated teachers
Tuesday, March 1, 2011; Washington Post, letters
In his Feb. 27 column, "The small miracles of Teach for America," George F. Will writes: "Until recently - until, among other things TFA [Teach for America] - it seemed that we simply did not know how to teach children handicapped by poverty and its accompaniments - family disintegration and destructive community cultures. Now we know exactly what to do."
I entered the teaching profession in January 1972. As a sixth-grade teacher and later as a successful principal for 15 consecutive years in three different states, including Texas, Maryland and Massachusetts, I resent (once again), someone oblivious to what truly works in meeting the needs of impoverished school children. This