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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Until more kids from Whitman and Blair choose to become teachers, how will the very best students end up teaching the next generation? 
When will more Harvard grads become teachers instead of finance professionals? [/quote]
This is what Teach for America was supposed to accomplish.  Sadly, the result was a bunch of untrained Harvard grads padding their resumes on the backs of poor children before running off to law, finance, and consulting after two years on the job.  To get those kids to stick around and actually teach, you need to pay them more.  That's all there is to it.  They're not going to teach out of the goodness of their hearts.  [/quote]

Actually, no, TFA was never meant to place permanent teachers in the classroom. It was always meant to be a two year gig for recent graduates before they moved on to something else. When it began, it addressed a shortage of teachers in certain areas. Now, it's just a short term gig in areas where there is no longer a shortage of trained teachers.[/quote]

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