NEW YORK —Teach For America announced that Brooksville local Nicholas Casorio has been selected to join the nonprofit’s 2016 teaching corps.
Teach For America is a nationwide organization that recruits talented and committed graduates and professionals to teach students in high need classrooms over a two-year commitment. As leaders in the classroom, Teach For America corps members make an immediate impact on lives of their students. After their time with Teach For America, most of the corps members continue their promising trajectory as leaders in many different fields.
Casorio, a graduate of Hernando High School and 2015 graduate of the University of Central Florida, will teach in Oklahoma City.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, by the time students who are eligible for free and reduced lunch enter fourth grade, they are almost two years behind in reading and half a year behind in math, as compared to their more affluent peers. Recent studies by Mathematica Policy Research, researchers at the University of North Carolina, and the state of Tennessee found that corps members have a positive impact on student achievement. Working closely with families, communities, and educators of all backgrounds, Casorio joins a diverse group of individuals who have chosen to launch and continue ambitious careers of deep impact by leading in education.