Tennessee officials trying to distribute the last of the state’s federal stimulus funding have set aside $230 million for hospitals and nursing homes. They’re reopening an application process for facilities to allow them to make a case for some of the money.
TFA Starts Summer Study Program As Training Ground For Nashville Recruits
Teach for America has launched a summer program for kids in Nashville meant to kill two birds with one stone. It’s a training ground for TFA recruits as well as a way to prevent what’s known as “summer learning loss” for kids who might otherwise spend June and July in front of a TV.
Vanderbilt’s Love/Hate Relationship With Teach For America
In the education world, friction has developed between teachers who come to the profession the old fashioned way and the increasing number who enter through a side door, particularly Teach for America. The rub is particularly glaring at Vanderbilt University.
Nashville Schools Recruiter Says She Can’t Do What Teach For America Can
Roughly one in six new teachers in Nashville’s public schools come from the non-traditional training program Teach for America. And a contract approved by the Metro school board this week will maintain that hiring pace for at least another three years.
Teach for America Alums Face Off in School Board Race
Listen Now: Teach for America is making incremental moves from the classroom to the political arena. The program recruits college grads who studied something other than education to spend two years teaching in underperforming schools. Several are going on to win elected office, and more are right behind them. A school board race in East […]
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