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Teach For America In The Classrooms Of The Chattanooga Area

David Baird
Teach For America
David Baird

(Aired Weds 4/09/25)

Across the country, Teach for America recruits and retains high-performing college graduates to teach full time for at least two years in underserved schools.

Here in the Chattanooga area, the organization runs two programs, both in partnership with the Hamilton County Schools: teacher recruitment, training and retention - and high-intensity tutoring in the schools.

David Baird is Teach for America’s senior managing director for development, based here in Chattanooga.

Ray is the host and producer of Scenic Roots, Mondays - Thursdays at 3 PM on WUTC.
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