Ms. Frizzle, a New York City teacher blogger always worth reading, is back after a year of teaching in Turkey.
As a Teach for America alum who is starting her eighth year as an educator in a Bronx middle school, Ms. Frizzle stuck with teaching until she was in a position to make a real difference in the lives of poor kids. She brings some firsthand knowledge and wisdom to last Sunday’s New York Times article, “Why Teach for America.” She writes:
TFA is not agnostic on the issue of what you do after your two years are up, at least not to read the literature they send. It’s all about finding the right charter school to teach at for another two years before joining a fast-track principal program and starting your own school. But that’s if you stay in teaching – the rest is all about how TFA can jumpstart whatever you want to do next. And you know what? I’m sure it can, and if you put 100% in during your two years, and then you leave, well, who am I to judge? I’m not quite as annoyed by all this as Betlach is, but do I feel supported by or connected to TFA, 8 years into my teaching career? Um, no.
Read it all here.
