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Jesse Alred — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:23:48 -0400

Teach For America activists say poor schools and bad teachers cause the achievement gap not bad habits or inequality.

Discounting the notion of individual responsibility, they want us to give TFA alumni top jobs in our urban schools, and to transfer kids from neighborhood schools to the charters they operate, so they can eliminate job security for teachers and eradicate any influence we have over school-district policies.

The idea that teachers are opponents rather than advocates of education is a new one in our country. It derives from the time when Ms.

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Jesse Alred — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:24:43 -0400

Wendy Kopp--like her friends, our nation's corporate leaders--preaches but does not practice accountability when she claims Teach For America and its branches, the KIPP and YES charter schools, have done jack to close the achievement gap.

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Jesse Alred — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:56:12 -0400

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Jesse Alred — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:33:59 -0400

This is the inception year of Teach For India and I am proud enough to be a part of this great initiative.
Talking about inequity and claiming what is right and what is wrong is never going to solve any sort of problem. While the challenge of educational inequity in India is too a large considering its counter part America, I personally feel that TFI will do wonders in the coming time.