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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Teach for America ‘research’ questioned - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Teach for America ‘research’ questioned - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

Teach for America ‘research’ questioned

This was written by Philip Kovacs, assistant professor of education at the University of Alabama, Huntsville assistant professor Philip Kovacs. A version of this was first published on Anthony Cody’s blog, Living in Dialogue, on the Education Week Teacher site.

He starts the post by referring to Teach for America’s training system, which involves taking newly minted college graduates and putting them through five weeks of intensive summer training before sending them into classrooms in some of the country’s most troubled schools.

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