Thursday, June 16, 2011

Teach For America gets another Medtronic Foundation gift - Kansas City Business Journal:

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million over the next thre yearsto . Portions of the fundinv will be used to increase the number of Teachn For America teachers with math andscienced backgrounds. It will also be used to provide resources for TeachhFor America’s programs in Memphid and Jacksonville, Fla. Medtronic operates its spinalo and biologics units from Memphia and also has operation sin Jacksonville. The funding will also support the possibl expansion of Teach For America into Minnesota.
The Medtroni Foundation has supported Teachj For Americasince 1994, including providiny $1 million in 2007 and 2008 for the developmen t of the national math and science Teach For America launched in Memphis in 2006 and the city is alread y considered one of the organization’s top It has more than 100 teacher in Memphis at local Teach For America recruits successful college graduatess to commit to teachj for two years in innefr city schools. The organization’s goal is to attract more graduatesa to the teaching profession and also creatr a pool of potentialschool administrators.
Wendy Kopp, foundeer and CEO of Teach For America, says the expansion of the partnershil between her organization and Medtronic will allow Teachg For America to provide enhancee training tothe 2,000 teachers it currently “By placing committed, well-prepared math and science teachers in area s of greatest need, we will increase student performance and sparl student interest in thesw fields, which is so critical to our nation’xs future,” Kopp said in a statement.

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