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Revenue. $321 million. (FY 2014) Website. teachforamerica .org. Teach For America ( TFA) is a nonprofit organization whose stated mission is to "enlist, develop, and mobilize as many as possible of our nation's most promising future leaders to grow and strengthen the movement for educational equity and excellence." [2]
A Massachusetts teacher has been placed on leave after the district’s superintendent learned of them holding a mock-slave auction in a 5th-grade classroom and using the N-word, according to a ...
The New York City Department of Education ( NYCDOE) is the department of the government of New York City that manages the city's public school system. The City School District of the City of New York (more commonly known as New York City Public Schools) is the largest school system in the United States (and among the largest in the world), with ...
The Public Employees Fair Employment Act (the Taylor Law) is a New York State statute, named after labor researcher George W. Taylor. It authorizes a governor-appointed State Public Employment Relations Board to resolve contract disputes for public employees while curtailing their right to strike. The law provides for mediation and binding ...
The NYC Teaching Fellows is an alternative certification program that focuses on education quality in New York City public schools by attracting mid-career professionals, recent graduates, and retirees from all over the country. [1] The program provides teacher training, coursework, and resources. Fellows are eligible for a fast track into full ...
The Comprehensive Employment and Training Act ( CETA, Pub. L. 93–203) was a United States federal law enacted by the Congress, and signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 28, 1973 [1] to train workers and provide them with jobs in the public service. [2] The bill was introduced as S. 1559, the Job Training and Community ...
In February of 1923, a fire broke out in the ceiling of the gymnasium. All of the students and faculty escaped safely, but the fire took the life of one employee and destroyed the estate. Mira Hall was then sixty years old, and chose to rebuild her school. In October of 1924, she took occupancy of the beautiful Georgian building.
The first public schools in America were established by the Puritans in New England during the 17th century. Boston Latin School was founded in 1635. [1] Boston Latin School was not funded by tax dollars in its early days, however. On January 1, 1644, by unanimous vote, Dedham authorized the first U.S. taxpayer-funded public school; "the seed ...