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| Founded | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Wendy Kopp |
| Type | Nonprofit organization |
| Focus | Eliminate Educational Inequity |
| Headquarters | New York City, US |
Key people | Elisa Villanueva Beard (CEO)[1] |
Revenue | $321 million (FY 2014) |
| Website | teachforamerica |
Teach For America (TFA) is a nonprofit organization whose stated mission is to "enlist, develop, and mobilize as many as possible of our nation's most promising future leaders to grow and strengthen the movement for educational equity and excellence."[2]
The organization aims to accomplish this by recruiting and selecting college graduates from top universities around the United States to serve as teachers. The selected members, known as "corps members," commit to teaching for at least two years in a public or private charter K–12 school in one of the 52 low-income communities that the organization serves.[3]
- ^ Emma, Caitlin (September 29, 2015). "TFA's new solo CEO embraces controversy". Politico. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
- ^ Jacobs, David (December 9, 2015). "Teach for America has been educating south Louisiana students, producing community leaders for 25 years". www.businessreport.com. Greater Baton Rouge Business Report. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
- ^ Roy, Kathryn (March 26, 2015). "Businesses investing in Teach For America". Hartford Business. Retrieved December 14, 2015.