<p>Thought I would bump this up because I learned something interesting at my interview yesterday: </p>
<p>Teach for America saw such an increase of applications over last year’s pool ([up</a> 42%!](<a href=“http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/us/jan-june09/service_03-17-2.html]up”>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/us/jan-june09/service_03-17-2.html)) that they are, for the first time, instituting a wait list.</p>
<p>Regardless of their motivation, there are plenty of young adults who are interested in working to give back. Some of them may not help as much as they or you would like, but the effort is there. Half of TfA has always been about getting the message – that K-12 education is still startlingly segregated by socioeconomic status – out to the public and making it an issue legislators and other public officials have to deal with.</p>