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Direct linkDecker, Paul T.; Mayer, Daniel P.; Glazerman, Steven – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2004
Teach For America (TFA) was founded in 1989 to address the educational inequities facing children in low-income communities across the United States by expanding the pool of teacher candidates available to the schools those children attend. TFA recruits seniors and recent graduates from colleges around the country, people who are willing to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Teacher Education, Low Income Groups, Equal Education
