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Affordable Housing Can Make Teaching a More Sustainable Career

Organizations that provide affordable housing options to educators in cities like Newark and Baltimore are helping to improve teacher retention.  

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Stephanie García

Writer-Editor

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Maryland Teacher of the Year on the 'Unstoppable Power' of Her Pre-K Students

Maryland Teacher of the Year Berol Dewdney discusses her approach to teaching and the importance of brain science and human connection in early childhood education.

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Jessica Fregni

Writer-Editor, One Day

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Three Schools Re-Imagining What A School Building Can Be

When design decisions are based on students, community, and history schools begin to look and feel very different.

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Joel Serin-Christ

Director of Studio Production & Impact

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Kyle Grillot

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When Will History Be Taught Honestly?

If students are to explore America's unvarnished history and grapple with its consequences, teachers must dislodge long-held narratives. Will it take a generation?

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Samantha Hernandez

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Meet the Alumni Leading Education in Their States

Meet the five Teach For America alumni currently serving as the foremost education leaders in their state.

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The TFA Editorial Team

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Seniors of 2020 Get Their Moment

The last months of high school are packed with culminating moments, celebrations and heartfelt goodbyes, usually. Thirteen seniors recreate the moments they were most looking forward to before the world changed.

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Joel Serin-Christ

Author

Undefeated: Inside Five Baltimore Turnaround Schools that Refuse to Fail

A promising Charm City collaboration is founded on a stubborn refusal to give up on the notion of a great neighborhood school. No one has said the job is done, but neither are its leaders short on endurance.

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Leah Fabel

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Nine Tips on How to Uncover Even Terrible Truths

There’s always more to the story, says Daniel Jones (Baltimore ’98), whose intrepid investigative work has been turned into a new movie starring Adam Driver.

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Leah Fabel

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Forever Charm City: How One TFA Baltimore Alumnus Is Helping Corps Members Make Baltimore Home

Pete DeCandia's (Baltimore ’13) social entrepreneurial venture, Teacher Props, is helping Teach For America’s newest leaders settle into Baltimore as teachers and members of the community. 

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The TFA Editorial Team

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At this High School, Immigrant Students Are Out to Smash Your Expectations

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Faviola Leyva

Video Producer

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