TeachFor.Us is the Teach For America blog community for teachers working to close the education achievement gap

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TeachFor.Us is a free blog community for Teach For America teachers. Any corps member can register and then start blogging immediately.

More information about the site is documented on our official blog, TeachFor.Us News.

Why blog about Teach For America?

It's free!
Teachers have many stories to share.
Blogs prevent mass emails to family and friends.
The Teach For America experience is documented for others who want insight on being a corps member.

Recent Posts on TeachFor.Us

daniinthedelta:
What is a "PIP" you ask? PIP stands for Placement in Progress. Now you might be saying to yourself, "That doesn't make any sense... Dani told me excitedly that she had a job as a 3rd grade teacher in ... read more
mathinaz:
ALL OUR STUDENTS PASSED OUR CLASS. THEIR AVERAGE INCREASED FROM 35% TO 72% SINCE THE DIAGNOSTIC. THEY REACHED 120% OF THE GOAL SET FOR THEM BY TFA. I will write great stories about this w... read more
vanessafordelta:
So I've been trying to sleep for hours. I just looked over at my clock to realize that I am officially a year older, now that it is July 17th in California. I started trying to write a thank you n... read more
missramya:
So I was upset after seeing that the student average on the midterm was an abysmal 52. It made me feel like I failed as their teacher. All those hours spent on adding creativity to these somewhat ... read more
Milty Goes to Connecticut:
[I apologize if I just killed German all by myself.] The advertising campaign for the Philadelphia tourist bureau right now is "With Love, Philadelphia." They have all these dorky billboards with l... read more

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