Each day we see the realities of educational inequity juxtaposed against the concrete evidencethat when students in low-income communitiesare given opportunities they deserve, they excel.

Detroit

We continually seek partnerships with strong organizations like Teach For America that can bring value to our children. We look forward to a successful partnership and will do all we can to make sure it is a lasting one.

-Dr. Barbara Byrd-Bennett, chief academic and accountability auditor for Detroit Public Schools

Teach For America • Detroit is preparing to welcome a corps of 100 of the nation's most promising future leaders, who will be teaching in some of Detroit's lowest-income classrooms and working to ensure their students have the educational opportunities they deserve.
Learn about living and teaching in Detroit.

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Corps Impact

During the 2010-11 school year, an estimated 100 corps members will be directly impacting the lives of approximately 6,400 students in Detroit.

Principal Satisfaction

87 percent of recently-surveyed principals (in schools with Teach For America corps members nationwide) reported that they would hire another Teach For America teacher.*
95 percent of principals surveyed regard Teach For America teachers as effective as, if not more effective than, other beginning teachers in terms of overall performance and impact on student achievement.*

*"Teach For America 2009 National Principal Survey,” Policy Studies Associates, July 2009

Impact on Student Achievement

A growing body of research shows that corps members have a positive impact on their students' achievement. Read more about our impact.

Alumni Impact

Fostering Alumni Leadership for Systemic Change
Nationally, more than 60 percent of corps members continue to work in education, including more than 360 who are school leaders. Of all alumni, 93 percent report they are supporting Teach For America's mission through their career, volunteer activity or graduate study.

Contact

To support Teach For America • Detroit with a gift or to request additional information about our impact or finances, please contact:

Annis Brown
Teach For America • Detroit
annis.brown@teachforamerica.org

Executive Director

Annis Brown

Annis N. Brown is the founding executive director of the Detroit region. She is a native Detroiter and a graduate of Detroit Public Schools. After joining the corps in 2003, she taught seventh and eighth grade English Language Arts and Social studies in the South Bronx. She then went on to work for The New Teacher Project and served as the Training and Support Coordinator for the New York City Teaching Fellows. Annis returned to Michigan to enroll in a doctoral program in Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Policy at Michigan State University. In addition to conducting research on the achievement gap, she taught undergraduate courses in the US News & World Reports #1 ranked secondary teacher education program at MSU and supervised student teachers in the field. Her peers also elected her as the Chair of the American Educational Research Association's graduate student governance in a national election. Annis' investment in the city of Detroit also led her to become involved in numerous initiatives in the city since her return, including the Future Teachers for Social Justice program, serving high school students from over twenty Detroit Public Schools and the Skillman 'Good Schools' initiative supporting over 41 schools throughout the city.