Wendy Kopp
Wendy Kopp
Wendy Sue Koppis the CEO and Co-Founder of Teach For All, a global network of independent nonprofit organizations working to expand educational opportunity in their own countries and the Founder of Teach For America, a national teaching corps...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth29 June 1967
CountryUnited States of America
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We're trying to be the top employer of recent grads in the country. Size gives us leverage to have a tangible impact on school systems.
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When I started Teach For America, I wasn't trying to come up with an idea that would change the world. I was trying to solve a problem much closer to home: I was a senior in college, and I had no idea what I was going to do with my life!
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We're not trying to be the only route into teaching. We do put enormous energy into understanding what differentiates the most successful teachers.
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The teachers are trying to build the same culture in the classroom as we're building in the organization.
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We believe strongly in transparency and accountability, which is why Teach For America encourages rigorous independent evaluations of our program. Our mission is too important to operate in any other way.
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We aspire to be equal opportunity, but all across the country where a student is born, their race, their class affect where they end up.
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We go around and talk about what are each of the kids most proud of from the previous week.
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Every time a child's promise is cut short by their legal status, our country wastes precious resources and loses talent we need.
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We must broaden the definition of who our neighbors are, and extend the boundaries of our interest and empathy.
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Few things are more important to our country's future than recruiting and keeping great teachers in our schools.
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When I started Teach For America as a college senior, I sensed that there were thousands of talented, driven college students and recent grads who were searching for a way to make a real difference in the world.
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We should be individualizing instruction, utilizing that data to actually give teachers the tools necessary to meet the needs of a very diverse group of kids which exists in every class.
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We are working essentially to build a leadership force of folks who will, during their first two years of teaching, actually put their kids on a different trajectory - not just survive as a new teacher, but actually help close the achievement gap for their kids.
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We collaborate with other countries on issues like public health and climate change because we understand these issues affect our collective welfare.