How much do actor Matt Damon and his mother dislike Teach For America?
Enough to turn down an award from the National Education Association, because the union’s president collaborated with the TFA founder on an opinion piece.
Damon’s mom, Dr. Nancy Carlsson-Paige, wrote the union that she believes TFA’s “short-term, minimal training of teachers undermines teacher quality and harms children who too often get an inadequate education with its teachers.”
The full story is over at the New York Times.
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