Representatives from Teach For America announced Friday the program will assign corps members to public schools in Milwaukee, its first location in Wisconsin.
TFA plans to bring 90 college graduates to teach in Milwaukee's highest-need schools over the next three years starting this coming fall, according to a statement, and participants will take classes at Cardinal Stritch and Marquette universities to fulfill teacher's license requirements.
The Milwaukee school district is notorious for its disparity in graduation rates between white and black students. A goal of TFA is to level the playing field and reduce this achievement gap.
TFA is a national corps of top-notch recent college graduates who commit to at least two years of teaching at urban or rural schools to help reach educational equity.
In 2008, more than 50 UW-Madison graduates joined TFA, making the university the third-largest contributor to the program.
