Supplying Disadvantaged Schools with Effective Teachers: Experimental Evidence on Secondary Math Teachers from Teach For America

Hanley S. Chiang, Melissa A. Clark and Sheena McConnell

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Abstract: Teach For America (TFA) is an important but controversial source of teachers for hard-to-staff subjects in high-poverty U.S. schools. We present findings from the first large-scale experimental study of secondary math teachers from TFA.

Keywords: Disadvantaged Schools; Effective Teachers; Secondary Math Teachers; Teach For America; TFA; Working Paper 31; Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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