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Does Teach for America Hold the Answers to Education Reform?

Who was the greatest teacher you ever had? I remember mine, but I can't quite put my finger on what made her so good. It didn't have anything to do with age or gender. Nothing to do with years of experience or where she got her college diploma. There was some indescribable quality, a certain touch. The way how, during tests, I would remember exactly how she explained concepts but couldn't necessarily remember the same ideas as explained by the textbook. Of all teachers, why was she so special? And why weren't there more like her at my school? Despite constant indicators that our nation has ...

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