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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Schools Matter: Lisa Delpit on Teach for America

Schools Matter: Lisa Delpit on Teach for America:


Lisa Delpit on Teach for America

From Ed Week.  Really, that Ed Week:


Our next Teacher Book Club, featuring Lisa Delpit's "Multiplication Is for White People": Raising Expectations for Other People's Children, is just three weeks away. Get familiar with the issues Delpit raises.
MultiplicationIn discussing systemic problems in disadvantaged schools, Delpit comes down hard on alternative-certification programs such as Teach for America that recruit bright, young leaders for two-year stints teaching in low-income schools. In a Q&A on Education Week’s BookMarks blog, Delpit delves more deeply into her criticisms of TFA and other recent reform efforts. Here's an excerpt from that conversation:Bookmarks blogger, Catherine Cardno: In your opinion, where does the TFA failure lie and is there a way the program can be adjusted so that it better meets the needs of students at inner-city schools?