Teach for America

Inequality in education is hard to deny, though many choose to ignore it. The day before I began teaching, I met with the principal and learned that I would be the only English teacher for the entire 10th-grade class.

Only 50 percent of children in low-income communities—half of 13 million children nationwide—will graduate high school. This statistic was pondered at an event last night featuring Michael Rebell, an education law professor at Teachers College, and Wendy Kopp, president and founder of Teach For America.