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Friday, April 1, 2011

Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: Who Is Paying for Teach for America?

Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: Who Is Paying for Teach for America?

Who Is Paying for Teach for America?

As I previously reported, I had this back and forth with Washington STEM over their funding of TFA. At one point, they had brought in the TFA regional director who told me that they are trying to get recruits with science and math backgrounds. Clearly, there is no way for them to guarantee who will come but she said 10 recruits with math/science degrees had indicated Puget Sound as their first choice.
Now I see at the Washington STEM site this information (which appears to be new):

Washington STEM’s investment in Teach For America will fund TFA corps members holding STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) degrees after they have been voluntarily hired by the Puget Sound partner