Lessons to Learn: Voices from the Front Lines of Teach for America

by Molly Ness

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This is the inside story of the more than 8,000 recent college graduates who have joined Teach for America and committed two years of service to teaching in the nation's most troubled public schools. In the tradition of books by Studs Terkel, Ness combines interviews and essays from TFA members and alumni as well as principals, superintendents, parents, and noted education experts.

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Molly Ness is associate professor at Fordham University's graduate school of education. Her research focuses on reading comprehension instruction, the instructional decisions and beliefs of preservice and inservice teachers, and the assessment and diagnosis of struggling readers.

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370.973Society, government, & cultureEducationEducationHistory, geographic treatment, biographyNorth AmericaUnited States
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LB1775.2 .N47EducationTheory and practice of educationTheory and practice of educationEducation and training of teachers andProfessional aspects of teaching and school
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