Teach for America: What do you mean were not exceptional?!
What do You Mean We are Not Exceptional?
June 14, 2013 was a dark day for Teach for America-Twin Cities and its neo-liberal backers. It marked the second time in three weeks in Minnesota that TFA was rejected after having demanded that it be treated as the exceptional organization it pretends to be.
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| This photo includes some of Minnesota's most active corporate education reformers and was taken by Beth Hawkins of Minnpost. Hawkins continually sings the praises of these reforms and used this photo in a story that laments their rejection by the Minnesota Board of Teaching. |
On Friday, May 24th, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed into law a higher education bill only after he line-item vetoed $1.5 million earmarked for TFA. Crystal Brakke, the Executive Director of TFA-Twin Cities, claimed they needed the funding to train additional TFA corps members in the next two years. Those corps members would have attended a five-week training before being put in front of classrooms full of students with the highest needs. Of course that same $1.5 million