Teach for America program coming to Ohio this fall

COLUMBUS (AP) — Teach for America, the service-oriented program that places recent college graduates in low-income public schools, will expand into Ohio this fall, organization and state officials said today.

The nonprofit recruits recent college graduates and professionals to teach for two or more years in some of the country’s highest-need public schools.

The organization plans to have at least 40 teachers in schools in northeast Ohio this fall, along with 30 in schools in the southwestern part of the state. Officials also hope to add 70 more Ohio instructors in 2013 and again in 2014.