Is Teach for America's time in Jacksonville coming to an end?
From the Times Union
There also was resistance among board members to continue paying Teach for America, a national group which recruits and trains non-education majors to teach in urban, low-income schools. Vitti proposed that this year, the district pay Teach for America about $400,000 to provide 50 new teachers, not counting those teachers’ salaries.
There also was resistance among board members to continue paying Teach for America, a national group which recruits and trains non-education majors to teach in urban, low-income schools. Vitti proposed that this year, the district pay Teach for America about $400,000 to provide 50 new teachers, not counting those teachers’ salaries.
But several board members balked, noting that many Teach for America teachers in Duval don’t stay in district classrooms. Most either leave the district, or they take administrative positions in district or charter schools.
Wright said she would prefer the district spends that money on marketing efforts for Duval to attract and retain its own pool of new teachers.
Let us hope so.
