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Former Teach for America Member Says The Program Changed Her Lifes (2/2)
Mizz Yeager says Teach for America changed her life path and that of many others. She says teaching in a city school is extremely difficult and more training time is not necessarily what is needed. She says even people who move to other kinds of work continue to stay involved in education issues. Chancellor Michelle Rhee and other top officials of the D.C. school system also served in Teach for America.
Earlier studies about the success of students in Teach for America classes have been mixed. However, a recent study involved high school students in North Carolina. It found that the students of Teach for America teachers scored higher on mathematics and science tests than other students.
Working for Teach for America is extremely popular among top college graduates. The program reported an increase in applications this year from eighteen thousand to twenty-five thousand. About three thousand seven hundred new teachers were accepted. Teach for America will have about six thousand teachers in public schools across the country in the fall.
