Class is in session: Teach for America trainees eager for next step
After spending the summer training, the current corps of 50 future educators will soon begin teaching in their own classrooms. Each commits to stay for at least two years.
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Teach For America Ala’handro Harris Education Teach For America-Memphis Jamesha Hayes Caitlyn Smith Believe Academy Memphis Aurora Collegiate AcademyAarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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