Teach for America, the impressive program that recruits recent college graduates to help bridge the achievement gap between poor and affluent schools, deserves continued federal funding.
Congress had been dragging its feet about including the program in the fiscal 2011 budget until last week, when the House Appropriations Committee earmarked $20 million for it. That's an increase from the $18 million noncompetitive grant TFA received this year.
Instead of directly funding Teach for America, President Obama has proposed letting it compete with other applicants for funds from $235 million set aside for initiatives to recruit and prepare teachers to work at some of the nation's worst schools.
