Who will speak for the children; how ‘Teach for America’ hurts urban schools and students

Linda Darling-Hammond; Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 76, 1994 writes:

With its inadequate training of recruits — many of whom will teach in urban schools — and its disregard for the knowledge base on teaching and learning, `Teach for America’ continues a long tradition of devaluing urban students and deprofessionalizing teaching…

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