Data is not the destination !
Why is Teach for America controversial? | The Economist
▻http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/09/economist-explains-7?fsrc=scn%2Ffb%2Fwl%2Fbl%2Fee%2Ftfacontroverisal
TEACH FOR AMERICA (TFA), a not-for-profit organisation founded in 1990, places its young “corps members” at schools in poor areas to teach for two years. Most come fresh from college, and they learn mainly on the job. On September 10th a report for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the research arm of America’s education department, suggested that TFA’s members excel at teaching maths (although older studies suggest they do no better than ordinary teachers at instructing children how to read). The report, which examined TFA members teaching maths in middle and high schools, found that the improved test scores of pupils were equivalent, on average, to an extra 2.6 months of school. Despite this seeming proof of TFA’s impact in classrooms, and its larger social mission, the organisation has many critics. Why?
