Word: tfa
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...study, the Teach For America teachers were compared to all new teachers, not just those with credentials. And in Houston, thanks to the emergency hiring of scores of novices, last year 35% of new hires did not even hold a bachelor?s degree. Says the Commission: "To say that TFA teachers do just about as well as other new [Houston] teachers, an extraordinary number of whom are extraordinarily unqualified, is a weak endorsement at best...