Teachers are Losing Their Jobs, but Teach for America is ExpandingThe Nation article describes the Teach for America commitment. Graduates teach two years in a low income area school with 5 weeks of training. Districts pay a ‘finder fee’ of $5,000 per recruit. There were 11,ooo recruits for 2014. Qualified TFA applicants can receive Americorp grants of $11,290 total to repay student loan