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Teach for America (TFA) is an American non-profit organization, founded in the year 1989. Teach for America is active in 46 regions as of the 2012-13 school year: Alabama Chicago Colorado Connecticut D.C. Region Dallas-Fort Worth Appalachia Baltimore Bay Area Charlotte Delaware Hawai'i Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las Vegas Valley Los Angeles Massachusetts Memphis Metro Atlanta Miami-Dade Detroit Eastern North Carolina Greater Nashville Greater New Orleans-Louisiana Delta New Mexico New York Northeast Ohio-Cleveland South Dakota South Louisiana Southwest Ohio St. Louis Twin Cities Washington Milwaukee Mississippi Delta Sacramento San Antonio South Carolina Oklahoma Phoenix Rhode Island Rio Grande Valley Greater Newark Greater Philadelphia 2013 Institute Schedule of Teach for America (TFA), Los Angeles Los Angeles Institute (June 16-July 20) Participating Regions: Los Angeles Bay Area Sacramento Las Vegas Valley (small cohort) Alumni: Cami Anderson (Los Angeles '93), Newark Public Schools Superintendent Kevin Huffman (Houston '92), Tennessee State Education Commissioner Steve Zimmer (Los Angeles '92), Los Angeles Unified School District Board Member Alexis Krauss (New York), Lead singer of indie rock band Sleigh Bells Mark Pett (Mississippi Delta, '94), Cartoonist and author of children's books. Shawn Raymond (Mississippi Delta, '94), Partner at Susman and Godfrey LLD, co-founder of the Sunflower County Freedom School, and co-founder of the US Public Service Academy. Michelle Rhee (Baltimore '92), Former Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools system and founder of The New Teacher Project; Founder, StudentsFirst Mike Johnston (Mississippi Delta '97), Colorado state senator Chris Barbic (Houston '92), Founder of YES Prep Public Schools and Superintendent of Tennessee's Achievement School District. Gregg Costa (Mississippi Delta '94), United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Mike Feinberg (Houston '92), KIPP Co-founder Bill Ferguson (Baltimore '05), Maryland state senator Smokey Fontaine (Baltimore '93), An American writer, music critic and editor JoAnn Gama (Rio Grande Valley '97), Co-founder of IDEA Public Schools, Member of President Obama’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics Kaya Henderson (New York City '92), Chancellor of District of Columbia Public Schools Peter Hermann (New York '90), An American actor Jason Kamras (Washington, D.C. '96), 2005 National Teacher of the Year Dave Levin (Houston '92), KIPP Co-founder Mark D. Levine (New York City '91), New York City political activist Tim Morehouse (New York '00), Silver Medal winner in the men's sabre as a member of the United States fencing team at the 2008 Summer Olympics Brian Osborne (New York '91), South Orange-Maplewood School District Superintendent, Harvard Urban Superintendents Program Graduate Zeke Vanderhoek (New York City '98), Founder and Chairman, Manhattan GMAT; Founder and Principal, The Equity Project John White (Greater Newark '99), Louisiana Recovery School District Superintendent Alec Ross (Baltimore '94), Senior Adviser for Innovation for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tom Stritikus (Baltimore '93), University of Washington College of Education Dean Tom Torkelson (Rio Grande Valley '97), Founder of IDEA Public Schools Address: Teach For America 501 Government St #100, Baton Rouge, LA, United States +1 225-381-8163 Map: |