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Editorial: Teach for America

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  • Tuesday, May 21 2013 7:20 PM EDT2013-05-21 23:20:08 GMT
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  • Thursday, May 16 2013 7:20 PM EDT2013-05-16 23:20:04 GMT
    In my editorial on Tuesday I chided our legislators for being the last state to pass a no-brainer  bill legalizing home brewing.  Today I want to challenge them to be one of the first states to pass another no-brainer;
    In my editorial on Tuesday I chided our legislators for being the last state to pass a no-brainer  bill legalizing home brewing.  Today I want to challenge them to be one of the first states to pass another no-brainer;

  • Tuesday, May 14 2013 7:20 PM EDT2013-05-14 23:20:07 GMT
    Kudos, or perhaps, cheers to the Alabama Legislature for passing HB9, the home brewing bill. Legalized home brewing may not be up there with education reform or prison funding, but it was overdue. 
    Kudos, or perhaps, cheers to the Alabama Legislature for passing HB9, the home brewing bill. Legalized home brewing may not be up there with education reform or prison funding, but it was overdue. 
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Teach for America is the national corps of top recent college graduates who commit to teach for two years in public schools. 

Teach for America recruits on more than 350 college campuses, seeking seniors and recent graduates from all academic majors and backgrounds who have demonstrated outstanding achievement, perseverance, leadership, and a commitment to expanding opportunity for children in low-income areas. 

This school year over 7,300 Teach for America corps members are teaching in 35 regions across America. 

We recommend Montgomery be added next year.

We urge the Montgomery School Board to reconsider their decision to vote down the proposal to bring corps members here. 

The school system typically hires about 300 new teachers each year and the 5 new teachers this program would add next year and 5 more the following year would not only offer some  expertise to some of our low performing schools, but extensive state of the art teacher development for all teachers in the system. 

America's Secretary of Education  says Teach for America is a great pipeline of talent with people of great vision, entrepreneurial spirit and a willingness to innovate.   

Let's give our children another resource and bring Teach for America here.