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Google Tag Manager Secondary Navigation What We Do Where We Work Stories Support Us Donate Search Search Icon Search Submit Search Search Main navigation How to Join Life in the Corps Life as an Alum Secondary Navigation Mobile What We Do Where We Work Stories Support Us Donate User account menu Log in Search Submit Search Search Close Close Metro Atlanta Toggle Arrow Our Community Our Work Join the Corps Support Our Work Metro Atlanta Our Community Our Work Join the Corps Support Our Work With strong roots in civil rights activism, Atlanta is keeping the dream of its early leaders alive for thousands of students. Trying to figure out where you’d like to teach? Our Compare Regions tool can help. Compare Regions Atlanta is a city with a prolific past and a sharp eye on the future. In the 1960s, Atlanta was a major organizing center of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., students from the city’s historically black colleges and universities, and citizens from neighborhoods all over the metro coming together to play major roles in the movement’s leadership in the fight to end racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement. They lifted their voices and marched for justice, making change that would affect our country for decades to come. Today, Atlanta is at another critical juncture and its kids are at the center of it. Just one out of every five low-income students in the metro area will attend a high-quality pre-K program, compared with four out of five in the more affluent areas nearby. Students from low-income communities are twice as likely to attend a school that has not met adequate yearly progress, and just 46 percent of these low-income students will go on to college, compared with 79 percent of their higher income peers. Every child in this city deserves the opportunity for an excellent education, and we are proud to partner with schools, other educators, families, and community leaders to strive toward this goal. To find inspiration, all we have to do is look back over the city’s rich history of community partnership. Our corps members and alumni are a source of talent and energy for our city and its schools, and we’re learning from and listening to our community partners to ensure that we’re doing what’s best for our students. Thanks to the hard work and dedication of these advocates, teachers and leaders, Teach For America Metro Atlanta is positioned to significantly impact the life trajectories of students in our region’s high-need communities. Get in Touch with TFA Metro Atlanta Name Email What would you like to speak to us about?Stay Connected TFA is committed to expanding opportunity for all children. Sign up for our emails to learn how you can get involved. Email I’m interested in applying to teach Content is loading... Footer Regions Stories Careers One Day Magazine FAQs Contact Us Press Donate Privacy Policy Terms of Use Accessibility Resubscribe to Email Facebook Twitter Instagram Teach For America is a proud member of the AmeriCorps national service network. Copyright 2020 Teach For America, Inc. All rights reserved. Teach For America logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Teach For America, Inc. Thanks for signing up! You’ll find great content in your inbox soon. Redefine the future for students at Teach For America. Take the next step and join the corps today. Join The Corps Close Thanks for signing up! You’ll find great content in your inbox soon. At Teach For America, we know lasting change can happen: All children will get the excellent education they deserve. See how change happens. Watch Video...