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TFA CEO’s Recent Podcast Interview
For the past six years, Elisa Villanueva Beard has been a CEO of Teach For America. Over the years I have followed her various speeches and interviews to get a sense if TFA is evolving at all about its historically … Continue reading
TFA CEO Has Three Big Ideas For New Corps Members — And Two Of Them Bash Teachers
Teach For America and the Teacher Bashing Movement are inextricably linked. Of course the most influential teacher basher of all, Michelle Rhee, is a TFA alum and former staff member. At the alumni anniversary summits, panels are packed with notable … Continue reading
The Truth About YES Prep’s 100% College Acceptance Rate
YES Prep is a charter chain in Houston that was started by a TFA alum and is currently run by Jeremy Beard, the husband of TFA CEO Elisa Villanueva-Beard. In the recent US News and World Report ratings YES prep … Continue reading
The Current Wisdom Of TFA
I never thought I’d say this, but I kind of miss Michelle Rhee. Back in the day I could always count on her or some other reform rockstar like Joel Klein, Arne Duncan, Cami Anderson, Kevin Huffman, or so many … Continue reading
Is YES Prep Failing Its Black Students?
YES Prep is a charter school network in Houston with very close ties to Teach For America. It was founded in 1995 by Chris Barbic, a 1992 TFA corps member. Many of the teachers at the YES campuses are from … Continue reading
TFA Simultaneously Denounces And Embraces False Dichotomies
There has been a shift in recent years in the sorts of arguments that many reformers use to advance their agenda. Though some are proudly fanatical, people like Joel Klein, Steve Perry, and Eva Moskowitz and organizations like StudentsFirst and … Continue reading
TFA CEO’s Husband Heads One Of The 73 Lowest Rated Schools In Texas
YES Prep is a charter school network of sixteen schools in Houston. Founded by a TFA alum and staffed by many TFA teachers, it has been hailed as a TFA success story. Fueled by being the school to invent the … Continue reading
What’s Next at TFA? So maybe we’ll Back Down a smidgen
Teach For America recently broadcast their second annual ‘What’s Next at TFA?‘ event. One answer to the title question could simply be “Who cares?” In the scheme of things, what’s really the difference whether TFA changes its strategies and its … Continue reading
‘What’s Next? at TFA’ webcast. Spoiler alert: More of the same
TFA has been recently taking a beating in social media. Whether in response to this, or if it is just something that’s been planned for a while, the two co-CEOs Elisa Villanueva-Beard and Matt Kramer were part of a live … Continue reading
Open Letters To ‘B-List’ Reformers I Know. Part 2: Elisa Villanueva-Beard and Matt Kramer
On February 12, 2013, founder and long time CEO of TFA, Wendy Kopp, stepped down. Two new co-CEOs were appointed, Elisa Villanueva-Beard and Matt Kramer. Elisa was a 1998 corps member and Matt had never taught. Both were working as … Continue reading
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