It has been just over 300 days since I started this blog, and in that time, I have written 95 posts. I started it as a dinky little Tumblr account, and have grown into a full-on Blog. And while I started by just sharing this with my students and friends, there are now people, whom I have never […]
Teach For America
TFA Math and Science Teachers are Dropping like Flies
By my calculations, about 51% of Teach For America (TFA) corps members from my cohort were still involved in education and 23% were still in the classroom. But the spread is uneven in their credential type. Depending on the credential type, there are significant differences in how TFA teachers stay involved or stay in the classroom. […]
How many TFA Corps Members Are Still Teaching?
I was a Teach For America 2008 corps member. I am about to start my 9th year of teaching, so I am one of those who stuck around in the profession. But how many corps members actually do stick around? After 8 years – how many are still teaching? For those of you who do not know, Teach […]