There Never HAS Been a "Teacher Shortage"

in the entire history of the United States, but in reality there was a maldistribution of teachers thanks to the patchwork of certification laws made worse by NCLB. There were gluts of teachers in states like Oregon while there were shortages of teachers in urban areas and in the southern United States. What "shortage" there appeared to be was entirely artificial. That is why the "mission" of Teach for America was faulty to begin with and nothing short of evil now.

Where in the hell did this Wendy Kopp come up with such a racist idea that kids from the inner cities shouldn't have fully certified, VETERAN teachers while those in the suburbs and wealthier districts should? What made this fool think that teaching was not a craft but it just "magically" happens to people who think that because they went to Ivy League schools they can "teach" kids without ANY preparation in knowing how to teach and employing classroom management? What made her think to begin with?

It was all about the bucks with her. For kids, it's a violation of their rights to equal education. TFA needs to be done away with.