tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post6716163041177527662..comments2024-03-09T03:28:44.216-05:00Comments on Thoughts on Education Policy: Terrible For America?Corey Bunje Bowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764159604965707919noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post-2730764503686112572010-01-04T22:29:03.385-05:002010-01-04T22:29:03.385-05:00If what you want to study is what effect TfA has o...If what you want to study is what effect TfA has on the people who participate, that seems a plausible choice of control group -- otherwise the selection biases would be huge.<br /><br />But it makes for a narrow question -- the argument that TfA was good because of its effects on its participants always seemed like gilding the lily.<br /><br />I certainly wouldn't be surprised if TfA teachers were less engaged in other civic activities while in the program -- it's easy doing something like that to figure that IS your civic engagement, and your friends who opted for investment banking can give to charity.<br /><br />And it wouldn't be surprising if that persisted afterwards. But if that's the case it makes a difference whether TfA grads continue to be engaged, but in different ways than their peers. Or if the feel that with 2 or 3 years in TfA, they "done their part."RDThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566356038836885187noreply@blogger.com