It’s Friday, Sept. 26. I decide to brave the infamous Tuxtla humidity and walk to work at the Universidad Aútonoma de Chiapas (UNACH), where I am the resident English Teaching Assistant for the 2014-2015 academic year. This week we talk about poetry. Many of my students, all of whom are
Author: Tara Miller
It’s Time to Reconsider Criticisms of TFA
In a recently published The Harvard Crimson op-ed entitled “Don’t Teach For America,” Harvard University senior Sandra Korn voiced her criticisms of the Teach For America (TFA) program, stating that “TFA is working directly against the interests of teachers, students, and communities alike” and has “positioned itself as an ethical