In the News: TFA pushes into political arena
Teach for America — the program that recruits recent college grads to work in underperforming schools — is making a push into the political arena. Former TFA grads, as they're known, have won seats in state houses and on local school boards. (Marketplace.org)
The Chicago school board has nixed voting Wednesday on its 2012-13 budget because of uncertainty over a teachers contract that is stoking fears among charter school leaders that their funding could be cut.
Officials from the city’s most prominent charter schools, including United