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Relentless Pursuit: A Year in the Trenches with Teach for America. Donna Foote (Alfred A. Knopf).(Book review)
Relentless Pursuit: A Year in the Trenches with Teach for America. Donna Foote (Alfred A. Knopf).
Since 1990, Teach For America (TFA) has placed 17,000 teachers in more than 1,000 high-need schools, and the organization has ambitious plans for expanding more rapidly. This year, 24,700 college seniors applied for about 3,700 teaching slots. In this new book, journalist Donna Foote follows four recent college graduates through TFA's summer boot camp and their rookie year in the classroom at Locke High School in Los Angeles (which has since joined the Green Dot Public Schools network). The author takes readers deep into the lives of these smart, talented, and highly motivated TFA corps members. The "up close and personal" approach mostly reveals how unbelievably difficult it is to be a first-year teacher at a dysfunctional inner-city school. Because the teachers are deeply committed to their mission, the job takes over their lives. Many observers of highly effective inner-city schools like KIPP Academy have wondered ...
- Corps Members Tasked On Commitment to Service.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire February 17, 2003 700+ words
...Byline: Justice Ilevbare National Youth Corps members have been told to remain committed...Mr. Uchendu Chidozie, said youth corps members were unique in every sense and their...accommodation often experienced by corps members in the country. He urged the government...
- Corps Members Receive Awards, Reprimand.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire February 11, 2004 700+ words
...Shittu And Mustapha Muhammad Batch 'A' corps members in various states of the federation...dishonourable acts. In Ekiti State, corps members were yesterday admonished to refrain...where he offered employment to three corps members who distinguished themselves during...
- Employers Urged to Upgrade Corps Members' Status.
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Trust (Nigeria) June 26, 2009 700+ words
...Obong Atta, Wednesday urged all employers of corps members to accord them the same opportunities as their...at a one day forum organised for employers of corps members and corps members to interact in Abuja. He described the meeting...
- Minister Offers Job to 5 Corps Members.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire August 18, 2004 700+ words
...automatic employment to five corps members who distinguished themselves during the service year. Each of the corps members would in addition receive a donation...passing out of the 2003 batch 'B' corps members, had assured the youth of government...
- Female Corps Members Sexually Harassed in Zamfara - Commissioner.
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Trust (Nigeria) September 15, 2008 700+ words
...Byline: Shehu Abubakar Female youth corps members serving in Zamfara State are being...recently when he was addressing 1,185 corps members that finished their 2007 batch B service...issue of harassment of some female corps members is regrettable. I will do all within...
- Alamieyeseigha Charges Corps Members.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire September 12, 2004 700+ words
...ieyeseigha of Bayelsa State has charged corps members posted to the state to shun all anti-democratic...stated this during the swearing of Batch B 2004 corps members, said the corps members must keep away from self-seeking politicians...
- Teach For America Corps Members Honored With the Symantec Award for Innovation.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire June 27, 2007 700+ words
...ExplorationInvestor: Teach For America Corps Members Honored With the Symantec Award for...Teach For America teachers (known as corps members) who demonstrate original thinking...2003 to recognize Teach For America corps members who demonstrate innovation (through...
- Corps Members Advised On Ethical Values.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire October 3, 2003 700+ words
...Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Abel Orih Corps members serving in Adamawa State have been...of the orientation course of Batch B Corps members which was held at the NYSC Orientation...development, adding that most of the corps members would be engaged in teaching. He charged...
- Government Commends Corps Members for Fighting HIV/Aids.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire March 9, 2003 700+ words
...eremony of the 2003 batch 'A' corps members in Abakaliki, the government acknowledged the "current role of corps members in our drive to sensitise Nigerians...most Nigerian families, "using corps members as agents of information dissemination...
- NYSC Records Low Fake Corps Members At FCT Camp.
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Trust (Nigeria) September 17, 2008 700+ words
...in curbing the menace of fake corps members. He told the News Agency of...in Abuja that over 25 fake corps members were arrested during the 2008Batch...He noted that only two fake corps members were apprehended during the...
Source: HighBeam Research, Relentless Pursuit: A Year in the Trenches with Teach for America....