Myanmar News Links: Thomas Friedman: Teach for America goes global in Teach for All

Posted: Thursday, October 31, 2013 6:45 am

Thomas Friedman: Teach for America goes global in Teach for All

TENGCHONG, China — I never thought I'd have to come to China for a breath of fresh air.

But that is exactly what I got last week by traveling to the China-Myanmar border area to visit Chinese village schools with the leaders of Teach for All, the network of 32 countries that have adopted the Teach for America model of recruiting highly motivated college graduates to work in their country's most underprivileged schools. What was so refreshing about spending four days with leaders of Teach for Lebanon, Teach for China, Teach for India and all the others was the fact that, since 9/11, I've spent so much time writing about people who are breaking things and so little time covering people who are making things. This was a week with the makers.

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