Lessons to Learn
Voices from the Front Lines of Teach for America
By Molly Ness
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- ISBN: 978-0-415-94590-5
- Binding: Hardback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 26th November 2003
- Pages: 256
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About the Book
This is the inside story of the more than 8,000 recent college graduates who have joined
Teach for America and committed two years of service to teaching in the nation's most troubled public schools. In the tradition of books by Studs Terkel, Ness combines interviews and essays from TFA members and alumni as well as principals, superintendents, parents, and noted education experts.
About the Author(s)
Molly Ness is a
Teach for America alumna and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of The Johns Hopkins University. While teaching at Roosevelt Middle School in Oakland, California, she was the recipient of the Jean Wilson Scholarship to the 2000 California Conference for Educational Leadership. She lives in Charlottesville.