Hysterical story on Teach for America–Harvard Business School’s (HBS’s) FAVORITE org of all time, and no wonder.
1. It creams the graduating classes of Ivies for top candidates.
2. They do two years or so of do-gooder work, which studies show, again and again, are less competent than that done by average and non-Ivy veteran teachers.
3. After bufffing up their resumes, and plucking one or two superstars out of the masses to help, they cont. to network, w. other TFA drop-outs, who are now themselves in top b and law schools, and at some pt., in the distant future, after they have made their personal fortunes at IB, Consulting, PE, VC etc. or even as NGO/Gov prima donnas (remember Tim Geithner and his tax scams at World Bank), they actually might give milions to underserved educational communities and programs. Win-Win for everyone, prob. even for the poor kids who get subjected to these rookies, after all, gal at end of story is sure trying hard, and has been well-trained.
FOLKS, THIS STORY, LIKE THE PROVERBIAL GRAIN OF SAND TO WILLIAM BLAKE, CONTAINS A WHOLE UNIVERSE.
“I’m always shocked by the hullaboo, given Teach for America’s size” — about 0.2 percent of all teachers — “and its mixed impact,” said Julian Vasquez Heilig, a University of Texas professor. Dr. Heilig and Su Jin Jez of California State University, Sacramento, recently published a critical assessment after reviewing two dozen studies. One study cited indicated that “by the fourth year, 85 percent of T.F.A. teachers had left” New York City schools.
July 11, 2010
A Chosen Few Are Teaching for America
By MICHAEL WINERIP
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