Teach For America is a diverse network of leaders working to confront educational inequity through teaching and at every sector of society to create a country free from this injustice.
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.
Who is this for? | Anyone
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.
Across the country, many children lack the education, support, and opportunity they need to learn and to thrive. TFA Memphis 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 enables TFA to build a diverse force of corps members and alumni serving students and working from all angles to ignite the movement for educational equity.
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