Learn more about Teach For America

Posted: April 24, 2012

In America today, a gap in academic achievement separates kids in low-income communities from their higher-income peers. Only eight percent of students growing up in poverty graduate from college by age 24, compared to 80 percent of students in more affluent areas. This limits life options, affects families and communities, and has significant social and economic implications for our country. It doesn’t have to be this way. We know it’s possible to give all kids a great education and the countless opportunities that come with it.

Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates, graduate students, and professionals who commit to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in expanding educational opportunity.

This year, 9,300 corps member are teaching in 43 regions across the country, impacting over 600,000 students, while nearly 24,000 Teach For America alumni continue working from inside and outside the field of education for the fundamental changes necessary to ensure educational excellence and equity.

Sign up to receive updates about applying to the 2013 Teach For America corps here: www.teachforamerica.org/apply. The application will open in August 2012.

For more information, visit www.teachforamerica.org.

Full salary and benefits. Federal student loans deferred. All majors and career backgrounds.