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TeacherPop serves up the real corps member experience daily. Corps members, alumni and staff all around the country share resources, news and insider experience from their classrooms to yours. Pop in to see what’s happening in other regions, must-read advice and sometimes cute videos of kittens. (Because who doesn’t need a cute video of kittens sometimes?) Check us out at Teacherpop.org. Plus, we play nice with your mobile and tablet devices.

Unlocking The Secret To Sleep at Institute

You know how you keep hearing about how important sleep is at Institute? It's true. But, you may be wondering how to reconcile that with how everyone keeps telling you just how much all-consuming work you'll have to do. We know ...

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Burning Questions: Get To Know These 2013 CMs

Last week ten 2013 corps members appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week. We wanted to get to know these corps members a little better before they became too TFAmous, so we got Alexa Rodriguez ...

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2013 Corps Members Take On Letterman

Last night, 10 new Teach For America corps members took the stage on Late Show with David Letterman for one of the late-night host's famously funny Top Ten Lists. Watch the clip above to see them recount reasons why they became ...

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Conferring Tool #1: Confer!

A guest post from our Together Teacher Coordinator, Shelby: When I taught K-2 guided reading and writing, I was constantly looking for a better way to keep track of my conference notes. I tried binders with tabs, clipboards, notebooks… and everything else ...

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Be amazed. Be inspired. Be mighty.

Diamoniquia Brown is an eighth grader who lives in Tchula, Mississippi. She is part of Teach For America's Poet Warriors Project, an initiative created by Emily Southerton (Mississippi Delta '10) to get middle school students around the country reading and writing poetry. Our ...

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Together Teacher: Good Organization = Good Data = Good Instruction

This post is about one of my favorite classrooms, Jenny C.’s Kindergarten in Brooklyn. I’ve known Jenny for over five years. She’s featured in my book, and she’s the type of teacher I hope my own daughter has in a ...

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Big News: Teach For America names new co-CEOs

Yesterday the Teach For America Board of Directors appointed President Matt Kramer and Chief Operating Officer Elisa Villanueva Beard co-CEOs of Teach For America, effective March 1. Wendy Kopp will continue to contribute actively to the organization as chair of ...

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