Special initiatives
Teach For America recently launched three initiatives to help address some of the most critical needs in education, in the United States and around the world:
- Early childhood education initiative: Given the power of early intervention to tackle the achievement gap before it widens to three or four grade levels, Teach For America launched a national early childhood education initiative in 2006 to bring increasing numbers of outstanding pre-K teachers to our country’s lowest income communities. After spending two years in the pre-K classroom, these individuals, from all academic majors and interests, will continue their work to eliminate educational inequity as leaders in early childhood education or other sectors. Read more
- Math and science initiative: Recognizing the need for excellent math and science education in this country, we have launched a concerted campaign to bring increasing numbers of outstanding math and science teachers to our country's lowest-income communities. Through this initiative, we aim to more than double the number of math and science teachers from 800 to 2,000 by 2010 while increasing their short-term and long-term impact. Read more
- Teach For All: Teach For America is working in partnership with Teach First, an adaptation of Teach For America in the United Kingdom, to launch Teach For All, which will support entrepreneurs in other countries who are pursuing the development of the Teach For America model locally. Read more
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Special initiatives
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