Teach for America

TFA is known for placing recent college grads in classrooms for two-year assignments. Now, the organization says it will prioritize the 600 alumni in the region.

Earlier this summer, Brittany Packnett announced she would be leaving her role as the Executive Director of Teach for America-St. Louis and would become…

Teachers are typically well informed. They know how and where to track down data, they brainstorm ideas and they work with people.So when Brittany…

Let’s say you’ve been a teacher in the Normandy school district for a while and are wondering what’s going to happen to your job when the new state-run…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 16, 2013 - When classes began last month, Normandy schools lost more than 1,000 students who…

Brittany Packnett is an alumna of Teach for America and, four months ago, started a new job as executive director of Teach For America – St.…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 26, 2012 - When Destiny Esper returned this fall as an English teacher to Normandy Middle…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 23, 2012 - Destiny Esper says she never watched "Welcome Back, Kotter." Now, she’s living the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 30, 2011 - Gov. Jay Nixon took time Wednesday morning to visit a science class at Soldan…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 9, 2010 - I was recently handed an extremely prestigious piece of paper. Now I will move back…