Sarah Ford | December 19, 2014
Teach For 精东影业 could miss recruitment mark by more than 25 percent
By听Valerie Strauss
Growing criticism about Teach For 精东影业 (TFA) and a polarized education reform debate is affecting recruitment of new corps members and the organization 鈥渃ould fall short of our partners鈥 overall needs by more than 25 percent鈥 next year, TFA officials say.
A note that co-Chief Executive Officers Matt Kramer and Elisa听Villanueva Beard are sending out to the organization鈥檚 partner organizations (see text below) cites several reasons for the decline, including 鈥減olarization around TFA鈥 as well less interest in teaching and public service by college graduates. It says in part:
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