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About Our CEO

Elisa Villanueva Beard (Phoenix '98) is the CEO of Teach For America. Under her leadership, the organization impacts hundreds of thousands of students each year in some 2,000 schools. Her journey with TFA started in Phoenix, where she taught first and second grade bilingual education as a 1998 corps member. Read more.

Teach For America in the News

The Peace Corps Launches Circle of Service to Create Lasting Pathways for Public Service and Global Impact
The Peace Corps
October 22, 2024

Don’t Leave COVID Relief Dollars for Education on the Table
U.S. News & World Report
February 1, 2024

NGO leaders discuss what it takes to make change at Aspen Ideas Fest
The Aspen Times
June 29, 2023

Opinion: U.S. Students Need Well-Paid Teachers to Rebuild What’s Been Lost
The Hill
February 27, 2023

Opinion: The culture wars have come to the classroom. Now what?
CNN
November 3, 2022

Lessons from TFA’s Virtual Tutoring Program in Battling Learning Loss
The74
August 2, 2022

The Power of Being a Teacher
Latino Leaders
January 18, 2022

Roundtable: Is Digital Equity Attainable in K–12 Education? | EdTech Magazine
Technology Solutions That Drive Education
December 22, 2021

Behind Oprah's $1 Million Donation to Teach For America
Oprah Daily
December 16, 2021

Teachers need our help in tough times like these, so let’s give it to them
The Hechinger Report     
September 29, 2021

Shifting Philanthropic Power
Stanford Social Innovation Review       
August 12, 2021

How the Pandemic Prompted Teachers to Give Students More Flexibility, Choice (in Charts)
Education Week
May 10, 2021 

Our financial literacy gap is a systemic problem: Let's treat it that way
K12 Dive         
May 5, 2021

How Has the Covid-19 Pandemic Impacted Education?
Making America - Let's Keep Talking    
May 1, 2021

News and Announcements

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Meta-Analysis Shows Teach For America Teachers Have Consistent and Significant Impact on Student Learning
November 22, 2024

Teach For America Statement on Nomination of U.S. Secretary of Education
November 20, 2024

Teach For America Greater Baton Rouge Honors Longtime Partner Entergy Louisiana During Giving Season
November 18, 2024

Teach For America Becomes 7th Member of the Research Partnership for Professional Learning
November 12, 2024

Teach For America Announces Colleges & Universities Contributing Most Graduates to its Newest Teaching Corps
October 30, 2024

Teach For America Awarded $500,000 ARC ARISE Grant to Expand Teacher Placement and Support Model in Region
October 29, 2024

Teach For America’s Ignite Fellowship Earns Recognition for Rigorous Program Design and Celebrates National Tutoring Appreciation Week
October 7, 2024

One Million Degrees CEO Aneesh Sohoni Named Peter Jennings Award Winner
September 16, 2024

Teach For America and the Jump$tart Coalition Expand Financial Literacy for Teachers with Support from Charles Schwab
May 01, 2024

Teach For America’s Ignite Fellowship Featured in 2024 FutureEd Report Highlighting Promising High-Dosage Tutoring Programs
February 26, 2024

Teach For America Chief Executive Officer Elisa Villanueva Beard Announces She Will Step Down as CEO in 2025
January 29, 2024

Evaluation Shows Students of TFA-Affiliated Teachers As Likely or More Likely to Pass Texas STAAR Assessment Than Students of Comparable Non-TFA-Affiliated Teachers
January 22, 2024

Arizona DACA Dreamers Named Annual Peter Jennings Award Winner
November 9, 2023

Teach For America Announces Colleges And Universities Contributing Most Graduates to its Newest Teaching Corps
October 25, 2023

Nine Out of Ten Principals Agree That Teach For America Corps Members Have a Positive Impact on Students
September 26, 2023

The Transformation of Teach For America
January 23, 2023

Teach For All and Alcoa Foundation Launch Partnership to Improve the Quality of Education for All Children
January 11, 2023

Cognizant and Teach For America Announce Winners of Annual Innovation in Computer Science Education Awards
December, 05, 2022

Teach For America Receives $25 Million Investment from Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
November 14, 2022

Teach For America CEO Elisa Villanueva Beard Calls for Concerted Effort to Address the Challenges Behind NAEP Data
October 24, 2022

Teach For America and the Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation Partner to Address the Social-Emotional Needs of Students and Teachers
December 16, 2021

The Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools® Program and Teach For America Partner to Provide Unique Professional Development Opportunity For Black Educators
October 13, 2021

Ninety-Four Percent of Principals Agree That Teach For America Corps Members Have a Positive Impact On Students
August 30, 2021

Teach For America Responds to Texas Federal Court Ruling on DACA
July 19, 2021

Teach For America Launches Black Educators Promise Initiative with Inaugural Cohort of Over 850 Educators
November 10, 2020

What the Election Can Mean for Our Students: A Message From Teach For America CEO Elisa Villanueva Beard
November 9, 2020

Teach For America Names New Chief of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness
October 9, 2020

Teach For America Stands With DACA Community
July 28, 2020

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