Teach for America Alabama was featured on National Public Radio on July, 7 2011. The report Teach for America Alabama: A Report Card, reviews the first year of Teach for America in Alabama.
Among the highlights are the Higher Achievement Summer School started by first year TFA Alabama corps members Justin Younker, Laurie Brown and Ashley Buckelew, interviews with J.W. Carpenter, Executive Director of Teach for America Alabama and Dr. Fred Primm, soon-to-be Superintendent of Bessemer City Schools, and former Superintendent of Sumter County Schools.
Sumter was one of the six counties that had TFA teachers last year. Primm says the plusses of TFA teachers include a proven ability to lead and to learn quickly. He would give the program an “A.”