Teach For America works toward the day when every child will receive an excellent and equitable education. We find and nurture leaders who commit to expanding opportunity for low-income students, beginning with at least two years teaching in a public school.

The circumstances children are born into predict the opportunities they will have in life. But Teach For America has learned that dramatic progress is possible. It takes bold, grounded leaders working together, inside and outside of schools, fighting for the aspirations of children and their families. 

Working shoulder to shoulder with students, educators, and community members, Teach For America corps members support the academic and personal growth of students. The impact corps members have in the classroom fuels a lifelong commitment to their students and shapes the trajectory of their lives and careers.

Today Teach For America is a force of 56,000 alumni and corps members committed to profound systemic change.

From classrooms to districts to state houses across America, they’re reimagining education to realize the day when every child has an equal opportunity to learn, to grow, to influence and to lead. Teach For America is a proud member of the AmeriCorps national service network. For more information, visit www.teachforamerica.org and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

TFA launched its first corps in Baltimore in 1992 with 68 new teachers, called corps members. Today, we are more than 1,300 corps members and alumni making this city home and working to promote access and opportunities that enable Baltimore’s students to thrive.  

There are over 500 program alumni working in schools and they reach approximately 30,000 Baltimore City students annually. Nearly 10 percent of Baltimore City Schools principals are program alumni, and many others are working through education nonprofits, in the growing EdTech space, and in public policy to bring innovative solutions to the most pressing education problems.