Each day we see the realities of educational inequity juxtaposed against the concrete evidencethat when students in low-income communitiesare given opportunities they deserve, they excel.

Teach For America Week

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Actress Nilaja Sun

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Les Moonves, President and CEO, CBS Corp.

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Celebrity Chef Tom Colicchio

3Hank Paulson, Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and Bob Steel, Former Under Secretary for Domestic Finance

Teach For America Week brings together leaders from a variety of sectors to serve as guest teachers and inspire students across the nation, from the Bay Area to the Mississippi Delta to East Los Angeles.

Since its launch in 1997, Teach For America Week has enlisted hundreds of America’s most notable individuals to share their knowledge and personal insights with thousands of students. Classroom visits generally last no longer than an hour, but the experience resonates with students throughout the year and beyond.

During Teach For America Week, hundreds of distinguished guest teachers will help us raise awareness about the challenges facing students in low-income communities and demonstrate that when students are given the educational opportunities they deserve, they reach their highest potential.

This year, Teach For America Week is taking place from February through May in our regions. The complete schedule is as follows:

Region Date
Charlotte February 8 - 19
New Mexico February 10-11
St. Louis
South Dakota 		February 16-19
Memphis
D.C. Region (first week) 		February 22-26
D.C. Region (second week)
Mississippi Delta
Nashville
Newark
Kansas City 		March 1-5
Rio Grande Valley March 1-12
Chicago
Hawai'i
Houston
 March 8-12
Atlanta
Eastern North Carolina
Los Angeles 		March 15-19
Milwaukee March 17-19
Jacksonville March 29 - April 1
Twin Cities
Connecticut (New Haven, Bridgeport, Stamford, Hartford) 		April 5-9
Baltimore April 6-9
Dallas April 7-9
Connecticut (New Haven and Hartford only)
Colorado
Miami		 April 12-16
New York April 19-23
Greater New Orleans
South Louisiana		 April 27-30
Tulsa April 26-30
Las Vegas Valley May 3-7

Individuals* who have participated in Teach For America Week in the past include:

Debbie Allen, Emmy Award-winning Actress
Jonathan Alter, Newsweek Columnist
The Honorable James A. Baker III, Former U.S. Secretary of State
Roy Barnes, Governor of Georgia
Stephen Bollenbach, President & CEO, Hilton Hotels Corporation
Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
Harold Bronson, Co-founder, Rhino Records
Phil Bronstein, Executive Editor, The San Francisco Examiner
Bobbi Brown, Founder & CEO, Bobbi Brown Essentials
Barbara Bush, Former First Lady
Laura Bush, First Lady
Benjamin Cardin, U.S. Senator
James Carville, Political Strategist
Kenneth Cole, Designer, Kenneth Cole Productions
Tom Colicchio, Chef and Restaurateur
Manny Diaz, Mayor of Miami, Florida
David Dinkins, Former Mayor of New York City
Dr. Dre, Musician, Actor
Arne Duncan, CEO, Chicago Public Schools
Dr. Jocelyn Elders, Former U.S. Surgeon General
Lex Fenwick, CEO, Bloomberg Ventures
Antwone Fisher, Screenwriter
Fab 5 Freddy, Former Host of Yo! MTV Raps
Ann Fudge, Chairman & CEO, Young & Rubicam Brands
Jake Gyllenhaal, Actor
David Halberstam, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist & Author
Leo Hindery Jr., Chairman, HL Capital, Inc.
Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Dennis Hopper, Actor
Walter Isaacson, Chairman & CEO, CNN
Jeffrey Katzenberg, Partner, Dreamworks SKG
Henry A. Kissinger, Former U.S. Secretary of State

Tim Koogle, President & CEO, Yahoo! Inc.
Emeril Lagasse, Celebrity Chef
Leonard Lauder, Chairman of the Board, Estee Lauder Companies
Sherry Lansing, Chairman, Paramount Pictures' Motion Pictures Group
David Leebron, President, Rice University
Ronnie Lott, Hall of Fame Safety, San Francisco 49ers
Shannon Lucid, Astronaut and Mission Specialist, NASA
Mark Madsen and Kurt Rambis, Players, Los Angeles Lakers
Frank McCourt, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author
Ron Meyer, President & COO, Universal Studios
Les Moonves, President and CEO, CBS Corp.
Dr. Martin Mower, Cardiologist, Inventor of the Defibrillator
Paul Muldoon, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet
John Murphy, CEO, Oppenheimer Funds, Inc.
Mike Nichols, Film and Theatre Director and Producer
Hank Paulson, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
Phylicia Rashad, Actress
Janet Reno, U.S. Attorney General
Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico
Tony Ridder, Chairman & CEO, Knight Ridder
Al Roker, Co-host and Weatherman, NBC Today Show
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Actor
Bernard Shaw, Anchor, CNN
George Shultz, Former U.S. Secretary of State
Jada Pinkett Smith, Actress
Larry Smith, President, 100 Black Men
Margaret Spellings, U.S. Secretary of Education
George Stephanopoulos, Former Senior Advisor to President Clinton
Jeffrey Toobin, CNN Legal Analyst
Montel Williams, Host, The Montel Williams Show
Oprah Winfrey, Chairman, HARPO Entertainment Group
Paula Zahn, Anchor, CNN American Morning

* This is not a comprehensive list of participants. Participants are listed with their titles at the time they were a guest teacher as part of Teach For America Week.

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