Reply #22: The public pays for TFAers to get a masters while they are teaching.

[madfloridian]

"In St. Louis, as in many districts, TFA has a relationship with area universities so that corps members can get an education master’s during their TFA stint. The tuition is paid in part by the $4,725 annual educational award that members get through TFA’s affiliation with AmeriCorps, the federally funded national community service program. (TFA members are paid a regular teacher’s salary by the district or charter school where they work.) TFA also spends significant money on supporting its corps members. In St. Louis, for instance, TFA had six staff members providing support and training for its TFA teachers."

Americorps? Causing experienced teachers to be laid off and paying their replacements with taxpayer money?

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/24_03/24_03_TFA.shtml