by Education Radio
Founded in 1990 by Wendy Kopp, Teach For America has become the personnel agency for corporate school reform. School districts fire experienced, often black teachers to hire underpaid TFA recruits with 5 weeks training to do brief "missionary work" stints in public schools before moving on. Turning teaching into Wal-Mart style temp work is what TFA is all about.
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On any given day, 80,000 US prisoners are subjected to punishment that inflicts permanent damage to the brain.
Our authors explore the evils of incarceration and the promise of Black liberation theology.
The author argues that “intersectionality is less valuable as an explanatory framework than as an ideological reflection of the times.”
Alex Vitale: civilian agencies not cops should deal with social problems; Kyle Mays on
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