Teach For America announced today that a Fayetteville local has been accepted into the organization’s 2015 teaching corps.
Teach For America is a national nonprofit working to expand educational opportunity for students in low-income communities. Corps members commit to teach in high-need urban or rural public schools and become lifelong advocates for educational equity.
Joshua Adair, a 2007 graduate of Whitewater High School and a 2011 graduate of Georgia Tech, will teach in metro Atlanta. He joins the corps from a job at Cloud Sherpas.
“I am incredibly thankful for all the teachers who invested in me throughout my childhood, and I appreciate the opportunity to continue their legacy with the kids that will be in my classroom in the years ahead,” he said.
In our country’s lowest-income communities, just 6 percent of students will graduate college by the time they’re 25. Adair joins a network of 50,000 corps members and alumni working alongside parents, principals, and communities for positive change.
“It is with incredible excitement we welcome this group of remarkable and diverse corps members,” said Elisa Villanueva Beard, co-CEO of Teach For America. “They join a group of 50,000 leaders who have raised their hand to be part of ensuring every child has access to an excellent and equitable education.”
Over the past 25 years, thousands of talented individuals have launched or continued careers in social justice through Teach For America. Hundreds of corps members and alumni have been honored as teachers of the year by their school, district, county, or state. More founders and leaders of entrepreneurial education organizations started careers with TFA than from any other organization or company. Alumni have gone on to become leaders in politics, school systems, nonprofit work, advocacy, and more. Together, they form a nationwide network helping to expand and strengthen the movement to give all kids access to a great education.
