Memphians Making a Difference- TFA Alumni Awards
May 19, 2022
Last Saturday, May 14th, at the Memphis Botanic Gardens, Teach For America Memphis honored the nominees of this years Alumni Awards at their fifth annual
Teach For America finds outstanding leaders who commit to expanding educational opportunity, beginning with at least two years teaching in an under-resourced public school.
The Tennessean State Report card consistently names Teach for America among the states top teacher-preparation programs. Over 500 local leaders in our program serving as teachers, deans, school leaders, policy leadership roles, social entrepreneurship.
Teach for America Memphis has been instrumental in shaping much of the current direction of the city’s education system reforms.
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Established | 2006
Number of Corps Members | 770
Number Served | 1200+
In the city where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Teach For America Memphis continues his mantle and demands equity for our children. Only 39 percent of Memphis third graders and 38 percent of Memphis seventh graders are proficient in reading. By high school, only 6 percent of our students are graduating college-ready. These statistics prove that students need a systemic solution.
Across the country, many children lack the education, support, and opportunity they need to learn and to thrive. Teach for America is working to realize the day when every child has an equal opportunity to learn, grow, and lead
We know that children are capable when provided with opportunities they deserve.
Meaningful, sustainable system change requires leaders who are rooted in their local culture and understand the challenges. Teach For America finds outstanding leaders who commit to expanding educational opportunity, beginning with at least two years teaching in an under-resourced public school.
Your generosity has enabled us to build a diverse force of corps members and alumni serving our students and working from all angles to ignite the movement for educational equity.
Last Saturday, May 14th, at the Memphis Botanic Gardens, Teach For America Memphis honored the nominees of this years Alumni Awards at their fifth annual
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