Teach for America expands into Detroit

Some of the best young minds in the U.S. are coming to one of the places most in need of their student-teaching services, now that Teach For America is sending college grads to schools in Detroit.

The national organization will send 100 of the top college graduates from across the U.S. to teach at public and charter schools in the city.

"The core members will have their own classroom and be led by a teacher," says Deborah Loewenberg Ball, dean of the University of Michigan School of Education, who is helping organize the effort.

Teach For America sends new grads to work in troubled school districts nationwide. Thousands of students apply for the positions, and only 7 percent are accepted. The organization had been sending these teachers to schools in Detroit until a few years ago. It is now reforming that relationship as part of a multi-year commitment.

The idea is to foster innovation in education and focus on preparing teachers for urban schools.

Source: Deborah Loewenberg Ball, dean of the U-M School of Education
Writer: Jon Zemke

Teach for America expands into Detroit

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