Pursuing Change by Seeking Elected Office
Teach For America alums are seeking ways to influence change as elected officials.
The TFA Editorial Team
Build Your Tech Skills and Networks
Service+Tech is a new professional development network where service year alumni (including Teach For America alumni and corps members) can get on a path to careers in tech. Or they can pick up skills to do what they already do, more effectively.
Susan Brenna
Constant Gardeners
In D.C., educators are striving to ensure that their older students with intellectual disabilities are prepared for a vital life opportunity: a job.
Joreather Settles, Bringing Community To The Classroom
“Parents say things like, ‘I wish I had this type of start.’”
Social Innovation Award Finalist Bridges Gaps Between Families From Diverse Backgrounds
We are very proud in the D.C. Region that one of our alumni, Laura Wilson Phelan (Bay Area ’96), is a finalist for this year’s Social Innovation Award.
Breaking Down Barriers For Refugee Students
Madina Olomi (D.C. Region '14) is able to relate to her refugee students on a level many teachers could not.
Strengthening And Developing The Black Principal Pipeline
MenSa Maa of the D.C. Region reflects on the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference panel discussing the scarcity of Black principals and ways to strengthen the Black principal pipeline in schools nationwide.