Taking inspiration from programs like Teach For America, AmeriCorps, and the Peace Corps, the central idea is to bring news media and digital creatives into underserved communities to provide help encourage more digital participation and digital citizens.
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
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Smokey Fontaine (Baltimore '93), An American writer, music critic and editor
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Jason Kamras (Washington, D.C. '96), 2005 National Teacher of the Year
North America | South America | Latin America | Confederate States of America | America | Boy Scouts of America | Good Morning America | Bank of America | Central America | United Way of America | Captain America | Voice of America | Miss America | All-America | America's Got Talent | America's Next Top Model | The Catholic University of America | America One | Socialist Party of America | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Copa América | America's Most Wanted | América de Cali | Writers Guild of America | Independent station (North America) | Motion Picture Association of America | God Bless America | Directors Guild of America | America's Cup | Justice Society of America |
Andrea directed a national campaign to engage college students in the discussion on the future of Social Security for the Pew Charitable Trusts, and served as Director of Public Relations of Teach For America before working as the education advisor to Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer.
KIPP began in 1994 after founders Dave Levin and Mike Feinberg completed their two-year commitment to Teach For America and launched a program for fifth graders in a public school in inner-city Houston, Texas.
Some noted partners LA's Promise has collaborated with are American Heart Association, Amgen-Bruce Wallace Biotech Program, Bresee Foundation, Brotherhood Crusade, California African American Museum, City Year, First Robotics, Girl Scouts of the USA, Operation HOPE, Inc., Run with US, Sound Body Sound Mind, St. Johns Well Child & Family Center, Teach for America, Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, and YWCA.
One Day, All Children: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach For America and What I Learned Along the Way (ISBN 1586481797) is the first book by Wendy Kopp, CEO and Founder of Teach For America.
Teach First Deutschland is a German non-profit organization started in 2008 and adapted from Teach For America and Teach First.
Amicus briefs have been filed by Teach for America, the Asian American Legal Foundation, the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, the California Association of Scholars and Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, the Black Student Alliance at The University of Texas, the Mountain States Legal Foundation, the Pacific Legal Foundation, Peter Kirsanow, Stuart Taylor, Jr. and others.
After finishing his assignment as a teacher for Teach for America, Huffman attended New York University School of Law, where he was a member of the law review and graduated in 1998.
Kopp chronicled her experiences at Teach For America in two books, One Day, All Children: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach For America and What I Learned Along the Way and A Chance To Make History: What Works and What Doesn't in Providing an Excellent Education For All.