Why We Exist & What We Do

The vision of Generation Teach is to end racial injustice and inequity in education.

Our mission is to co-create loving communities where generations of students, teachers, and leaders learn, grow, and develop.

Generation Teach partners with districts and charter schools to:

  1. Engage elementary and middle-school students in summer learning through our 5-week STEAM Academy.

  2. Invest undergraduate and high-school students in teaching through our 7-week AmeriCorps teaching fellowship.

  3. Develop professional teachers as leaders through our multi-month AmeriCorps leadership residency.

We are developing new generations of diverse teachers & leaders

American Public Schools
American public schools serve 52% students of color. Fewer than 1/4 of teachers, principals, and superintendents are people of color.

Generation Teach
Generation Teach serves 85% students of color. Our programs reflect the rich diversity of our students and families.

Generation Teach facilitates learning experiences that center the history, stories, and strength of people of color and provides all participants with windows and mirrors of their own lived experiences.

Our community is based on relationships.
We use restorative practices with all community members.

Sample Summer Texts

Students participate in daily free reading and share their book selections through Book Talks, which develop public-speaking skills while encouraging students to explore new authors.

What is the relationship between Generation Teach and AmeriCorps?

AmeriCorps is a network of national service programs that engages more than 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet critical needs in communities throughout the nation. AmeriCorps provides funding to organizations and agencies committed to making a positive impact in a specific area, such as education. Generation Teach is an AmeriCorps-funded program operating in Boston, Cumberland, Dallas, Denver, Holyoke, Providence, and Worcester.

Since 2014, Generation Teach has co-created loving communities where over 7,950 3rd-8th-grade students, 1,730 undergraduate and high-school students, and 330 professional teachers have learned, grown, and developed.