Teach for America cashing in on ed reform?
What started out as a possibly altruistic idea of going into small towns in the South where it was difficult to staff schools and instead bring in lightly trained recent college graduates to populate the classrooms, has now become a multimillion dollar business relying on charter schools to use these recruits to staff their charter franchises.
These recruits contract with TFA, Inc. for two or three years then most move on to graduate school, law school or another chosen profession leaving schools and creating churn.
Another aspect of this that is overlooked is that with the new evaluation system that is being pushed by Arne Duncan and his army of privatizers, these TFA, Inc. recruits will never be evaluated so there would be a steady stream of these young people teaching under the radar of the evaluation system.
Wendy Kopp charges school districts anywhere from $4,000 to $10,000 per recruit each year for the “privilege” of
These recruits contract with TFA, Inc. for two or three years then most move on to graduate school, law school or another chosen profession leaving schools and creating churn.
Another aspect of this that is overlooked is that with the new evaluation system that is being pushed by Arne Duncan and his army of privatizers, these TFA, Inc. recruits will never be evaluated so there would be a steady stream of these young people teaching under the radar of the evaluation system.
Wendy Kopp charges school districts anywhere from $4,000 to $10,000 per recruit each year for the “privilege” of