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Preferred term
Teach for America
Definition
- Teach For America (TFA) is a nonprofit organization founded by Wendy Kopp. Kopp proposed the radical reform related to recruiting teachers to high-needs school districts in 1990, utilizing her undergraduate thesis at Princeton. [Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent; Teach for America (TFA)]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Teach_for_America
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