{"id":12572,"date":"2012-08-31T12:07:45","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T16:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=12572"},"modified":"2012-08-31T13:47:43","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T17:47:43","slug":"florida-schools-rely-more-on-teach-for-america-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/08\/31\/florida-schools-rely-more-on-teach-for-america-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Schools Rely More on Teach for America Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12590\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/08\/31\/florida-schools-rely-more-on-teach-for-america-teachers\/teach-for-america2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12590\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12590\" title=\"Teach for America2\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/08\/Teach-for-America2-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/08\/Teach-for-America2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/08\/Teach-for-America2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Presidential Inaugural Committee \/ Flickr<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Florida is a big producer, and receiver, of Teach for America candidates.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The number of Teach for America teachers working in Florida schools is going up.<\/p>\n<p>Teach for America recruits, trains and places candidates \u2014 often recent college graduates \u2014 in low-income schools.<\/p>\n<p>The program currently places teachers in just two Florida school districts: Miami-Dade and Duval.<\/p>\n<p>This year, 300 TFA teachers are on Miami-Dade school rosters.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, there were 150 TFA teachers working in Miami-Dade schools. And 250 the year before.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville\u00a0area schools have 160 TFA teachers in its teaching corps this year. That\u2019s up from 110 in 2011 and 100 the year before.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Jill Johnson is with\u00a0Duval County Public Schools. She says the district partners with TFA\u00a0in an effort to &#8220;increase our pool of diverse and talented teacher candidates,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe district recently received grant funds from FLDOE that allowed us to increase the number of TFA teachers hired by the district,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Department of Education is not the only agency dolling out money to TFA. The US Department of Education administration awarded TFA a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/08\/05\/education\/05grants.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\">competitive $50 million grant<\/a>\u00a0in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>TFA claims its focus is on closing the achievement gap between low-income and high-income students.<\/p>\n<p>In its 22 years, TFA has had almost 33,000 participants nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its success, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2012\/08\/16\/us-usa-education-teachforamerica-idUSBRE87F05O20120816\" target=\"_blank\">the organization is not without its critics<\/a>. Some claim TFA teachers are used to replace experienced, tenure teachers in the public school system.<\/p>\n<p>And Florida is a big producer of TFA teachers.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, the University of Florida in Gainsville ranked 5th highest in the country for the amount of graduates going into the Teach for America program.<\/p>\n<p>Teach for America is expected to release its 2012 numbers next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of Teach for America teachers working in Florida schools is going up. Teach for America recruits, trains and places candidates \u2014 often recent college graduates \u2014 in low-income schools. The program currently places teachers in just two Florida school districts: Miami-Dade and Duval. This year, 300 TFA teachers are on Miami-Dade school rosters. 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