Teach for America teachers perform as well or better than other teachers employed by the Houston Independent School District, according to an independent study by CREDO, a research group based at Stanford's Hoover Institution. An editorial in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution argues that Georgia should also open its doors to prospective teachers like these. Read "Houston: A Teaching Success Story" in The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, August 2, 2001 at http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/epaper/editions/thursday/opinion.html . The CREDO study can be downloaded at http://credo.stanford.edu/working_papers.htm.
