The Real World of Teach for America: Lindsay Ordower - The Go Getter

Meet Lindsay Ordower from Mount Holyoke College. She came to Teach for America determined to succeed. But on any given school day, Lindsay's classroom was only half full. How do you teach students that aren't there?

Follow 7 Teach for America recruits through their first two years on the job in New Orleans. Watch the full series here: http://bit.ly/bBn4Kw.

A Learning Matters production.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• teach for america
• teaching
• tfa
• wendy kopp
• lindsay ordower
• mount holyoke college
• new orleans
• hurricane katrina
• truancy
• skipping school
• learning matters
• john merrow

[hudsonjamesc]

people should not be able to get a driver's license if they don't attend school and don't get a diploma or GED

[philagon]

LOL...maybe the ice breaker didnt work because it played off of stereotypical "black" interests, and thus the attempt was patently forced.

[MsRosebudRez]

The best teachers in any community come from teachers from their own communities. Some communities do well enough on their own, without the government teachers' help.

[Ajstarr88]

@philagon seriously lol...

[MsJanetWood]

Wow! God bless the inner city teachers!

[REALCITYbred]

wow. look at Mya Moore at 2:23

[meganw212]

This makes me miss teaching...

[FaithfulAndTrue1]

Doing physics? I never even was taught chemistry. LOL.