About Teach For America - California Capital Valley
The California Capital Valley is truly the “heart of California” because of our presence in Sacramento, the state capital, and our work up and down the Central Valley, an agricultural sector that produces nearly half of all the fruits, nuts, and vegetables grown in this country. Additionally, one out of every eight children in the U.S. is educated in California’s public schools. Here in the California Capital Valley, Teach For America has a duty to prove what our students are truly capable of, influence our policy makers to level the playing field for all students, and ensure that our kids are ready to lead the future of California’s innovation economy.
About Teach For America
Teach For America works in partnership with urban and rural communities in 53 regions across the country to expand educational opportunity for children. Founded in 1990, Teach For America recruits and develops a diverse corps of outstanding leaders to make an initial two-year commitment to teach in high-need schools and become lifelong leaders in the effort to end educational inequity. 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.