As noted above, in both the comparisons of TFA teachers with all teachers and of TFA teachers with only new teachers,
TFA teachers represented a small proportion of the total number of teachers.
Not exact matches
The findings might have been strengthened if measures of
teacher ability had been included in the analysis, because the alternatively certified
teachers in the study, from Teach For America (
TFA) and the NYC Teaching Fellows program,
represent high - achieving students from the nation's elite universities.
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TFA believes that, in order to address the complex challenges faced by the communities where corps members teach, their
teachers must
represent «a range of perspectives and experiences.»
Two
represent traditional
teacher preparation programs, whose association also has lobbied against
TFA.