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Teach For America: A review of the evidence (The research that TFA loves to hate…)

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig 28 comments

Vasquez Heilig, J. & Jez, S. (2010). Teach For America: A review of the evidence. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center, University of Colorado. Retrieve from http://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/teach-for-america Teach For America (TFA) aims to address teacher shortages by sending graduates from elite colleges, most of whom do not have a background in education, to teach in low-income rural and urban schools for a

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Alternative certification and Teach For America: The search for high quality teachers

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig 6 comments

Vasquez Heilig, J., Cole, H. & Springel, M. (2011). Alternative certification and Teach For America: The search for high quality teachers. Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy, 20(3), 388-412. At a time when accountability leads almost any discussion within or about the education sector, it is a disconcerting irony that we continue to require more and more out of students