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  • TFA, CTA, and What It Means to Be a Union

    A former instructional coach and one of only five people selected nationwide as a 2012 recipient of the Horace Mann Award for Teaching Excellence, Jen Thomas is now President of the San Jose Teachers Association (SJTA).  In this post, also destined for the next issue of the California Educator, Jen…

  • Working Together for Educational Equity: What’s Missing from the TFA Debate

    Teach For America (TFA) articles are all the rage right now.  Over the past month and a half, the four articles linked below have received particular attention: “I Quit Teach for[sic] America” by Olivia Blanchard (The Atlantic, September 23) “Remember the ‘I Quit Teach for[sic] America’ essay?  Here’s the counterpoint.…