The appointment of Michelle Rhee, 37, as chancellor of Washington, D.C., schools is being seen as sign of the growing influence of Teach For America veterans on the education world. Referring to a ...
That is what the founder of Teach for America (TFA), Wendy Kopp, was told when she first asked her Princeton adviser for permission to use her senior thesis to develop an idea for a national teaching ...
Jay Matthews, education columnist for The Washington Post, recently called the appointing of a Teach For America alumna as chancellor of Washington, D.C., public schools the latest development in “a ...