Teach for America corps looking to keep more of its teachers in high-poverty schools
By Jamie Self
The State, Columbia, SC
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The State, Columbia, SC
COLUMBIA, SC — Cait Clark found herself at a crossroads when she moved to Marlboro County to teach, trading her life in Philadelphia as a recent college graduate for one nine hours away where she knew no one.
“At that point I was like, ‘Well, I can either make it miserable, or I can choose my attitude and choose my outlook and make it something great,’ ” said Clark, a 23-year-old first-grade teacher at Bennettsville Primary School.
Clark started an afternoon reading program at the local library and launched the Marlboro Million Words Campaign, challenging the community to read a million words. Now, she is working with a nonprofit to get pajamas and new books for every child in her school by March.
Clark is one of 197 Teach for America corps member-teachers working in 71 schools in 14 S.C. school districts in the state’s high-poverty areas.
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