In the midst of senior year, many UT students are applying for graduate and professional schools and accepting offers at companies around the world. Some students, however, have chosen a path less traveled but increasingly important: Teach For America. Established in 1990 to address the growing problems of the American education system, the nonprofit trains recent college graduates to teach for two years in urban and rural schools, serving as leaders in their classrooms. As this organization continues to expand, it increases understanding of the growing education crisis in America and works to close the achievement gap between students with low-income backgrounds and their wealthier peers.
