Teach for America July 23, 2006
Posted by thinkphd in : Teach for America , trackbackEarly this morning, my daughter flew to New York City, the “Big Apple.” In May, she graduated from college with a Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude, and found a postition as a recruitment associate with a non-profit educational group even before she graduated.
“Teach for America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in ensuring educational equity and excellence for all children. Our mission is to build the movement to eliminate educational equity by enlisting our nation’s most promising future leaders in the effort.” (from the website)
The organization was founded by Wendy Kopp, who felt that there was a correctible educational gap in a number of low-income communities. Wendy presented the idea in her senior thesis at Princeton and Teach for America was born. Teach for America has impacted the lives of over two million students since 1989. If you would like to know more about this fine organization, click one of the links in this post.
We are so proud of my daughter’s accomplishment, as she works to make a difference in the lives of children through recruiting college grads to work as teachers. Both she and I feel that the world can be changed for the better through educational opportunity. We believe that learning can open doors and make advances both in the community as a whole, as well as the individual. Education is a wonderful possession - it can never be stolen or lost, and it always has a positive impact.
Join with me to support the fine young people who are working for Teach for America!
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Couldn’t have said it better myself! Thank you for all your support, and thank you for tolerating this idealist of a daughter.
We are pulling for you!
For those that happen upon this because they are interested in Teach for America… check out http://TeachFor.Us . It’s a blogging community where all the blogs are written by Teach for America teachers! And to Amanda — make sure to tell people about it while in the field. It’s meant to (in some small way) inform prospective applicants about our experience.
Hello TeachFor.Us - Thanks for the link - and for helping to get the word out!