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To Fix Our Education System, We Need to Develop Leaders at Every Level Committed to Equity and Excellence

Elected officials with experience leading a classroom, strong relationships with students and communities, and a commitment to creating broad coalitions will drive systemic change that ensures all children will have an equal chance in life.

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In season 2 of our Changing Course podcast, host Jonathan Santos Silva (South Dakota ‘10) sits down with innovative nonprofits from across the country that are committed to attracting, training, and retaining BIPOC educators.

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What We Do

Teach For America works toward the day when every child will receive an excellent and equitable education. We find and nurture leaders who commit to expanding opportunity for low-income students, beginning with at least two years teaching in a public school.

What We Do

10M

children in the U.S. live below the poverty line

2X

more children of color are born into poverty than are white children

14%

of children growing up in poverty will graduate from college within eight years of graduating high school

Teachers are leaders who help change the trajectory of students' lives

The Opportunity

The circumstances children are born into predict the opportunities they will have in life. But Teach For America has learned that dramatic progress is possible. It takes bold, grounded leaders working together, inside and outside of schools, fighting for the aspirations of children and their families.

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Our Impact

Working shoulder to shoulder with students, educators, and community members, Teach For America corps members support the academic and personal growth of students. The impact corps members have in the classroom fuels a lifelong commitment to their students and shapes the trajectory of their lives and careers.

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Corps members commit to two years of teaching in an under-resourced school

We are locally rooted and nationally connected.

Alumni and corps members work in partnership with rural and urban communities across the country, inside schools and from every sector that shapes education.

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TFA provides STEM teachers to communities that are in need of them TFA is locally rooted and nationally connected and informed TFA leaders are committed to working with unwavering commitment to better the lives of kids TFA impacts the children, families, and communities in the 51 regions in which we operate In Dallas-Ft. Worth and other communities, corps members impact lives in and out of the classroom

62K

corps members and alumni

2.5K

school partners

Millions

of students impacted

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness

Realizing educational equity and excellence will take a broad and diverse coalition of people united around a common purpose and shared values. Change must be shaped by those of us who are most directly impacted by educational inequity. And progress is only possible if each of us works effectively across lines of difference—with students, parents, partners, and each other—and if each of us understands and leverages the assets we bring to this work based on our identities and life experiences.

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Racial Justice

Educational Equity Begins With Racial Equity

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In communities across America, Teach For America alumni and corps members are helping expand access and opportunity for children. As a collective force—educators, advocates, entrepreneurs, policymakers, community members—we are committed to profound systemic change so that our students can create a better world for themselves and for all of us.

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