Frequency Part-time
Format Online
Completion Time 2 to 5 years
Credits 39
Application Deadline July 15, 2025
Start Term Fall

The Johns Hopkins Master of Science in Education: Educational Studies (Teach For America & TNTP) program is a two-year online degree program designed specifically for TFA corps members and alumni, and TNTP alumni.

This online master’s degree program prepares students to be reflective practitioners, data-driven decision makers, and passionate advocates for equity in America’s schools.

This program is the only fully online, asynchronous program of its kind in the nation. It features a curriculum based on proven instructional strategies and grounded in hands-on, real-world practice. Students benefit from ongoing mentoring, a strong global network of alumni, and dedicated coursework and support.

Flexible electives also allow students to tailor their experience and pursue their own interests and goals. As a result, graduates of this program have pursued roles as classroom teachers, principals and vice-principals, medical school students, doctor of education students, White House fellows, school district employees, education nonprofit founders, nonprofit managers, policy and community advocates, and more.

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Program Overview

This rigorous and innovative two-year online master’s degree program for Teach For America (TFA) Corps members and alumni and TNTP alumni trains candidates to be reflective practitioners, data-driven decision-makers, and passionate advocates for equity in our nation’s schools.

It is the only fully online, asynchronous program of its kind available nationwide and is led by nationally recognized faculty to train and empower future field leaders. Candidates select electives to focus on areas of personal interest advised by exceptional, established faculty. The program provides ongoing mentoring, a broad network of Johns Hopkins alumni and peers, and the support necessary to flourish in graduate coursework while pursuing careers as teachers. Our TFA/TNTP graduates make a lasting impact on their students and communities.

The curriculum is based on current research in evidence-based instructional strategies and grounded in real-time, real-world practice. Courses include Seminar in Transformational Leadership and Teaching, Classroom Management, Effective Practices in Teaching and Learning, Teaching for Transformation, and Capstone.

This MS degree offered by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education does not award teacher certification or licensure.

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After SOE

Graduates of the Johns Hopkins Master of Science in Education: Educational Studies (Teach For America & TNTP) program are leading the way in a range of educational settings across the country. Our alumni have pursued roles as classroom teachers, principals and vice-principals, medical school students, doctor of education students, White House fellows, school district employees, education nonprofit founders, nonprofit managers, policy and community advocates, and more.

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