Is Teach For America as diverse as they say?
Is Teach For America as diverse as their current national marketing says? This question and more is discussed in this new Truth For America podcast.
Truth For America is a podcast about Teach For America (TFA) that provides voice to educators, parents, students, and other key stakeholders. Truth For America is co-hosted by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig and Dr. T. Jameson Brewer.
They are joined in Episode 6 by Dr. Terrenda White and Jesse Hagopian, both TFA alums of color. Their conversation includes a discussion about diversity, racism in TFA, and the (in)adequacy of TFA’s summer training and pedagogical approaches.
Truth For America is sponsored by the Network for Public Education Action.
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It’s past time to look at how teacher-factories like TFA tend to skim their “brightest and best” right off the top of the dominant culture job-seeker pile.
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Where else should they look?
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