If we’re going to see sustainable results from all the other investments we’re making in education, we need to build leadership capacity in each and every country. Wendy Kopp Read Quote
Our teachers are operating just as effective leaders in the business world do. They set a vision that most people think is crazy. They convince the kids why it’s important to accomplish the goal. And they are totally relentless. Wendy Kopp Read Quote
There’s no how-to guide for how to change the world. But it’s easy to get hung up by misconceptions about what it takes to make an impact. Wendy Kopp Read Quote
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! Wendy Kopp Read Quote
In a society that glorifies the pioneers, it’s easy to think that an endeavor is only worth pursuing if you can be the first to pursue it. Wendy Kopp Read Quote
As a white woman with a privileged education, I’m keenly aware that I founded an organization that can only realize its goal if it enlists many more leaders who share the backgrounds of the students and families we work with. Wendy Kopp Read Quote
Teach For America would not be able to continue recruiting and developing an ever-more diverse and impactful group of corps members and alumni if the nation’s leading colleges become even less diverse. Wendy Kopp Read Quote
We collaborate with other countries on issues like public health and climate change because we understand these issues affect our collective welfare. Wendy Kopp Read Quote
Competition and competitive rhetoric can be healthy. It’s what drove the United States to pursue the Soviet Union into space, creating countless innovations along the way. Wendy Kopp Read Quote
