Josh Anderson bought me dinner. nbd.
Sometimes I get to this place where I just feel like TFA is counter to everything I believe -- we place huge numbers of teachers in charter schools, we talk a lot about "bad teachers," and we only place people for two years.
So when I sit down and listen to Josh, and hear that he is coming from the same place that I am coming from, it's a breath of fresh air. Did he use a lot of TFA-ese? Yes. Did he smooth talk with his charm and love of thai? Absolutely. But. my take-away was that Josh is someone who feels very strongly about educational equity and about having control over outcomes. His aims are to do what he can with what he has, and I can respect that.
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