Important piece critical of Teach for America
was posted this morning by my good friend Anthony Cody. Titled Deepening the Debate over Teach For America: Responses to Heather Harding, it appears at his Living In Dialogue blog at Ed Week / Teachers.
A brief explanation. Anthony has over the past few months put up guest posts by people who have been critical of Teach for America. As a result, he psted exchange/interview with TFA's Director of Research, titled Tough Questions for Teach For America: Heather Harding Responds, at the end of which he asked
A brief explanation. Anthony has over the past few months put up guest posts by people who have been critical of Teach for America. As a result, he psted exchange/interview with TFA's Director of Research, titled Tough Questions for Teach For America: Heather Harding Responds, at the end of which he asked
Readers, what do you think?In today's post, Anthony features detailed responses from people knowledgeable about TFA and about the relevant research, to four of the 7 answers offered by Harding in the first piece.At the end of his piece, Anthony provides some background on the respondents besides himself:
Barbara Torre Veltri, Ed. D. is ssistant professor in the College of Education at Northern Arizona University, and the author of Learning on Other People's Kids: Becoming a Teach For America Teacher (Information Age, 2010.)Jameson Brewer is a traditionally trained educator (B.S.Ed. from Valdosta State University) who struggled to find a job teaching due to the recession. He is now a 2010 Metro-Atlanta corps member teaching high school social studies in the Atlanta Public Schools. He wrote about his experience with TFA here.Please keep reading.
Dr. Jason O'Brien is an assistant professor of education at the University of Alabama, Huntsville.
Gary Rubinstein is a former Teach For America corps member who now hosts the Teach For Us blog.