I think the way to understand Teach for America is as a leadership development program. Wendy Kopp Read Quote
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. Wendy Kopp Read Quote
If we could reach the point where many of our nation’s future leaders know what teachers know after teaching successfully in our highest-need schools, we would have a very different situation. Wendy Kopp Read Quote
On average, our corps members stay in the classroom for eight years. But again, given the systemic nature of educational inequity, we know it is vital that some of our alumni take their experience outside the classroom. Wendy Kopp Read Quote
We go around and talk about what are each of the kids most proud of from the previous week. Wendy Kopp Read Quote
Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession. Wendy Kopp Read Quote
Countries have largely been left alone to handle or ignore their educational problems as they see fit. In part, this was because we assumed that the contexts and challenges were so different from nation to nation that education could not be tackled at the international level. Wendy Kopp Read Quote
In the long run, we will need many more African-American, Latino, and Native American leaders, and leaders from low-income communities, who can bring additional insight and a deeply grounded sense of urgency, and who are the most likely to inspire the necessary trust and engagement among students’ parents and community leaders. Wendy Kopp Read Quote
Persistent inequality costs the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars a year, undermining our global competitiveness, our democracy, and our ideals as a nation. Wendy Kopp Read Quote
