Applicants Flock to Teacher Corps for Needy Areas
by Megan Greenwell
Like many Georgetown University seniors, Olubukola Bamigboye has no shortage of postgraduate options. Butshe is focused on her second-round interview at Teach for America, hoping to win a stressful job in one of the nation's worst public schools, where, at best, she might earn $45,000 next year. In its 18th year, Teach for America has emerged as the most popular nonprofit service organization among college seniors in the United States, with 14,181 applications received this year and as many as 23,000 more expected by the end of February -- all for fewer than 5,000 teaching spots.
The Washington Post, 12/6/2008