About Us
Our Mission
Teach For America finds, develops and supports equity-oriented leaders to transform education and expand opportunity for all children.
Our Why
We envision a world where educators, policymakers, parents, and students are working together to ensure that their communities’ children have the foundation they need to learn, lead, thrive, and shape a better future for themselves and all of us.
Our Goal
In 2020, we set a 10-year goal for our organization's work. By 2030, twice as many children in communities where we work will reach key educational milestones, indicating they are on a path to economic mobility and co-creating a future filled with possibility.
Our Approach
The educational inequities our country faces are deeply rooted in systemic racism. Solving them will take many interventions from many directions over a prolonged period of time. Teach For America’s contribution to the effort is leadership.
Our approach draws on historical lessons of what enduring change requires:
- Leaders both inside and outside of the system, working to challenge the status quo and demonstrate what’s possible.
- Those most directly impacted by injustice shaping the effort, alongside others with proximity to the complex issues.
- A broad and diverse coalition of people united around common purpose and shared values, translating lessons into policy and practice.
Our Impact
Our Impact
Together with partners throughout the educational ecosystem, our alumni, corps members, and fellows are helping achieve measurable student growth in and out of the classroom. They know there is no single solution to ending educational inequity, and they are providing grounded leadership and hard work from all career fields to expand opportunity for all.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness
TFA made a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion more than a decade ago, and continues to operate with certainty that a broad, diverse, and accountable coalition of people united around who share a common purpose is essential to the mission of educational equity and excellence.
Our evolved commitment maintains our original belief with two additional insights.
1. The change we seek must be shaped by those of us who are most directly impacted by educational inequity alongside those whose identities and experiences differed.
2. Racial inequity interrupts the possibilities of educational equity. The progress we seek is only possible if the coalition works.
Get Involved
Get Involved
We need bold, diverse hand-raisers to join our mission. Learn about the impact you can have as a corps member, Ignite Fellow, supporter, or partner.
