The Mis-NAEPery of @TeachForAmerica
Teach For America is having a big party in Washington, D.C. this weekend to celebrate its 25th year -- and look who's crashing:
- See more at: http://jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-mis-naepery-of-teachforamerica.html#sthash.I9tMAyK6.dpufTeach for America, the program that places newly minted college graduates in some of the nation’s most difficult classrooms for two-year teaching stints, is holding a summit this weekend in Washington to mark its 25th anniversary.The list of speakers reads like a who’s who of activists and leaders behind recent changes in education policy around the country, from former D.C. Schools chancellor Michelle Rhee to Eva Moskowitz, the head of the largest chain of charter schools in New York City. The singer Janelle Monáe will entertain at a glittery gathering of an estimated 15,000 Teach For America alumni; the organization’s many donors will also be on hand.And roaming among them is Gary Rubinstein, a nationally known scold of TFA.Rubinstein, a former TFA volunteer who is in his 14th year of teaching math at Stuyvesant High School in New York City, says he wants to force an “honest
