TO THE EDITOR:
When I went to the UNC home page today, I saw a “Campus Update” claiming UNC is “Tops in teaching.” I was dismayed to see that the article was touting our 4th place ranking for our graduates going into the Teach for America program.
The website administrators may not know this, but we have a top-ranked School of Education at UNC, one that puts more than 100 graduates into public schools every year, graduates that have expert knowledge in learning and child development (unlike those in TFA), graduates that are likely to stay in schools for more than two years (unlike those in TFA) and graduates that are recognized for being leaders in their fields (unlike those in TFA).
In this time of fighting an anti-education legislative agenda and severe budget cuts, the last thing our School of Education professors and students need is UNC celebrating a program that undercuts the study of education altogether.
Jennifer Job
Graduate Student
School of Education
