Non-profit group Teach For America sees big growth
05.14.08
More than ever, graduating college seniors are signing up to spend two years in America's poorest communities as part of Teach For America, the nonprofit organization that recruits and trains top college students for teaching jobs.
The group saw applications jump by more than a third this year from about 18,000 to nearly 25,000.
Of those, about 3,700 are expected to step up to the blackboard as new teachers this fall. That's up more than 25 percent from the 2,900 who did so last year.
