Skip to main contentRemainders: Is TFA's political power growing or hyperbole?
By | October 21, 2013, 11:05pm UTC - A look at Teach for America’s rising influence in the halls of Congress and big school districts. (Politico)
- Alexander Russo: Politico’s take is hyperbolic and lacks context for its claims about fellowships.
- A mother and a civil rights veteran share moments of candor on education. (Humans of New York 1, 2)
- Study: “Urban signifiers” confer social status to black boys but not girls in suburban schools. (Atlantic)
- A recent Fannie Lou Hamer graduate is part of a documentary about Latino high schoolers. (GS in Brief)
- Almost 6 million young people are neither working nor in school, according to a new study. (HuffPost)
- At PS 46 in Queens, one teacher focuses on explaining students’ digital footprints. (Innovative Educator)
- Today was the start of Ally Week, which encourages teachers to act as allies for LGBT youth. (GLSEN)
- Rajon Rondo should get to known Holden Caulfield, a city English teacher argues. (Slam Online)