Teach for America

After starting my TED talk paper I have started to do some research about projects that are geared to make life better for the less fortunate and programs that are dedicated to turing their life around. One that I have always loved is the Teach for America program. Their goal is to improve education for those who are less fortunate to hopefully improve their future so they can make a better life for themselves. They claim that by the 4th grade kids from low-income families are most likely two to three years behind those of high income families. They also say that only half of students from low-income families graduate by or at age 18. Children who grow up in low-income families are stuck in a cycle that they can't get out of. It's definitely not the children's fault and there is no reason they should have to suffer the consequences. Teach for America's approach to solve this problem is to hire well qualified teachers who are willing to put in massive amounts of extra and specialized work and place them in urban communities to teach and help those children reach high academic goals. They believe with good dedicated teachers they can reverse the education gap we have in our country. My number one goal after graduation is to be accepted into the Teach for America program and start to turn around this educational gap we're facing. How do you feel about education differing dramatically in different cities within the United States?