‘Resilient and Thriving’: What Immigrants Bring to Education
In honor of Immigrant Heritage Month, Teach For America speaks with three alumni in the immigrant community about their time in the classroom and how they leverage their identities in their careers of impact to fight for educational equity.
The TFA Editorial Team
2020 Social Innovation Award Winners Are Helping to Strengthen Communities
These two alumni-founded ventures are working with communities to address trauma and preparing underrepresented students for jobs of the future.
Laura Zingg
Editorial Project Manager, One Day Studio
Hitting Reset for All Kinds of Learners
For educators of students with and without disabilities, distance learning has been a chance to try new tools and practices.
Mary Jo Madda
Coaching for Resilience
Teacher resilience often starts with creating the space for it to take root.
Leah Fabel
How Did School Lunch Become a Staple for American Kids?
It started with some concerned women and a one-penny meal in Philadelphia.
Tim Kennedy
Why I Teach, Even (Especially) When There's No School
Teachers are facing the test of a lifetime. Here’s why they’re not backing down.
Faviola Leyva
Video Producer
From Lacrosse to Tackling Food Insecurity in the Bronx
Teach For America alum Dan Leventhal talks about how he helps students in the United States poorest congressional district by starting Bronx Lacrosse and how the COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on the community.
Dan Leventhal
Lead Today, Change Tomorrow
Joel Serin-Christ
Author
Online School, Long Naps, and Lots of Homework
Teach For America chats with Brooklyn high school junior Rosalie Bobbett to talk about staying home and virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Michael Kress
One Day Editorial Staff
'We Desperately Miss Our Students and School Communities'
Teach For America New York talks with some of its corps members and alumni to discuss how the coronavirus has impacted their classrooms and connection with their students.