Teach for America Coming to Denver Schools

· Apr. 5, 2010, 3:59 pm

Fifty recent college grads are coming to Denver next fall to teach in some of the city's toughest public schools. They are part of Teach for America, a New York-based nonprofit. Ryan Warner speaks with Brad Jupp, the senior policy advisor for Denver Public Schools, who's thrilled to have the new teachers, and Phil Gonring, who manages the Rose Community Foundation's Education Program. He believes Teach for America is nothing more than a band-aid.

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