It’s Sommer Time: TFA alum Critiques Co-CEO’s “Slick Willie” Interview
I recently caught a rebroadcast of PBS’ American Experience: Clinton, and was reminded that today’s future “first man” was once dubbed “Slick Willie” by the press due to his mastery of duplicitousness in dancing around controversies. However, with Bill Clinton’s approval rating now upwards of 69 percent, he may have finally shaken off that unpleasant moniker.
But with Clinton’s loss, comes Teach For America’s gain. During a sometimes awkward interview on American Public Media’s American RadioWorks podcast, “Can Teach for America Keep Its Promise?” The interview was a response to Julian Vasquez Heilig’s interview American Radioworks® Conversation: Does Teach for America Need Reforming?
I couldn’t help but be reminded of Clinton at his dodgiest as Teach For America (TFA) Co-CEO, Elisa Villenueva-Beard tried to Slick Willie her way through some tough questions about the controversial alternative teaching certification program that she co-leads. (On a side note: Leave it to TFA to do something as “innovative” as Co-CEOs. When the fictional paper company Dunder Mifflin, from the TV show The Office, did something similar, a
