Lessons to Learn: Voices from the Front Lines of Teach for America: Routledge Farmer.www. routledgeny.com, Book, $24 Former Teach for America Teach For America (TFA) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to close the academic achievement gap between children from different socio-economic backgrounds. member Molly molly see mare hinny. Ness has surveyed other alumni about their experiences spending two years serving in America's most troubled public schools. The book contains the inside story of more than 8,000 recruits and includes interviews and essays from them, as well as from administrators, parents and education experts. While the educational community often cites their lack of pedagogical ped·a·gog·ic also ped·a·gog·i·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of pedagogy. 2. Characterized by pedantic formality: a haughty, pedagogic manner. training, Ness reports that about 40 percent of alumni remained as classroom teachers after their two-year stint, and 20 percent have gone on to careers in educational leadership. CIRCLE #532 FOR MORE INFORMATION [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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