Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for the LA School Report newsletter.

A new article in The American Prospect magazine traces Teach For America’s efforts to support its former teachers who want to run for public office (and who generally adhere to a common set of education priorities including charter schools, teacher effectiveness, test-based school accountability. The article includes a link to LA School Report’s recent interview with LAUSD board member Steve Zimmer, one of few such alumni who has publicly opposed what he describes as “the TFA orthodoxy.” (See: Teach for America’s Deep Bench).