Teach For America Bridging the Education Gap

The continued fight to bridge the education gap has brought many new ideas and many new organizations with it. And over the past decades it is these efforts that have seen the education gap between students from different ethnic backgrounds graduating from high school narrow dramatically.

However, the education gap remains a big problem for society and students from ethnic minorities and socially disadvantaged backgrounds remain far more likely to go on to college or university, and enjoy the benefits that this can bring.

Thankfully, there are many organizations, both public and private, that are working hard to bridge the gap. One such organization is Teach For America, which has taken a fresh and innovative approach to dealing with the education gap problem.

Teach For America enlists the United States' top university and college graduates to help eliminate educational inequality. The greatest minds coming out of the country's educational system put something back in by committing two years of their lives to sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm with students at urban and rural public schools around the country.

According to Teach For America, this innovative approach works on two levels. In the short term the Teach For America corps members help bridge the education gap by working with disadvantaged students in the classroom. However, it doesn't stop there. These members will go on to be this country's leaders in years to come and will take their enthusiasm for an education system that serves all students equally into their chosen careers.

Teach for America was founded in 1990 by Wendy Kopp after she outlined her vision in her senior thesis at Princeton University a year earlier. Since then, over 14,000 corps members have completed their two year commitment to Teach For America, bringing knowledge and encouragement to disadvantaged students all over the country. While some do not complete their two years, many others continue to teach for a third year.

There are also many benefits for the corps members, and a huge number of applications to Teach For America are received from the United States' top universities every year. And this demand to participate in the organization's good work is mirrored by the demand for its services among communities and schools around the country.

The initiative now serves 26 regions across the country and that number is growing steadily.

This is just one of the bigger initiatives at work today that aims to bring equality to the country's schools. Other organizations offering similar programs include NYC Teaching Fellows, Teach Kentucky and Mississippi Teacher Corps.

 

Written by: Frank J Klein - CIO

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