Three Teach for America recruits were on Jim Leher last night talking about their first year on the job. (Click here to check it out). I watched the broadcast and had a mixed reaction. It appears that all three teachers...
Tune in for tonight's 6 p.m. broadcast of The Newshour with Jim Leher on PBS (KERA). Three Teach for America recruits will talk about their first year on the job. If you miss the broadcast, you can watch it online...
Over the weekend, the New York Times' business section ran a Q & A with Teach for America founder and chief executive Wendy Kopp. (DISD will receive 75 TFA teachers this fall). Kopp answers about a dozen questions, including what...
Teach for America, an outfit that recruits college graduates to work in low-income schools, has formed a partnership with DISD to bring in 75 recent college graduates to teach in the district next school year. There has been much...
Everything but the figgy pudding ... ** Seems the district is ending up on some folks' Christmas lists. A suburbanite prays for a DISD "miracle" while a taxpayer wants Santa to eradicate dropouts. Worth reading: The post's first two comments....
Today's buffet of hot district morsels ... ** Since Teach for America is Dallas bound, here's a post showing that, long-term, about 30 percent of TFA'ers stick with teaching for more than five years. ** I got my kid's college...
What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** KERA reports on how DISD is using computers to reach hearing-impaired kids. ** Houston ISD scores a coup in hiring its new HR director. ** "Sandy Kress, Jim Windham, David...
What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Our story from Friday's meeting, in case you missed it. WFAA's report from Friday's meeting. Dallas.org live blogged it. ** DISD Press weighs in on the $84 million shortfall. **...
Dallas's effort to recruit teachers into the district might get a boost next year from Teach for America, a sort of Peace Corps operation that sends smart college grads into inner city classrooms. We're told that Dallas is one of...
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