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I think the way to understand Teach for America is as a leadership development program. — Wendy Kopp

It gets to whether we're a teacher-education model or a movement for social justice. I would say we're about the latter. — Wendy Kopp

Let the tech firms and consulting firms build your skills, but be sure to ask yourself, 'Am I maximizing my impact?' 'Am I living up to my values?' — Wendy Kopp

Tests that sugar-coat the truth only set up our kids to fail in worse ways down the road. — Wendy Kopp

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

We're not trying to be the only route into teaching. We do put enormous energy into understanding what differentiates the most successful teachers. — Wendy Kopp

The lack of diversity in higher education is a problem we as a country must tackle if we're going to live up to our promise. — Wendy Kopp

The idea that computers can ever replace teachers and schools reveals a deep lack of understanding about the role leadership plays in student success. — Wendy Kopp

Where educational deprivation exists, it breeds conflict and enables repression. — Wendy Kopp

Few things are more important to our country's future than recruiting and keeping great teachers in our schools. — Wendy Kopp

When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere. — Wendy Kopp

Every time a child's promise is cut short by their legal status, our country wastes precious resources and loses talent we need. — Wendy Kopp

School boards can be a steppingstone to higher forms of political leadership. — Wendy Kopp

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

It's possible to train great people, but a person with great training who doesn't have certain characteristics is only going to go so far. — Wendy Kopp

Kids who live in low income areas face extra challenges and show up at schools that were not designed to meet their extra needs. — Wendy Kopp

I'm happy to admit that I'm a hopeless optimist. — Wendy Kopp

Teach For America is working hard to be one significant source of the leadership we need. — Wendy Kopp

Our experience at Teach For America has been that the more people understand educational inequity, the more they want to do something about it. — Wendy Kopp

I usually don't really have breakfast. — Wendy Kopp

Inexperience is an asset. Embrace it. — Wendy Kopp

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. — Wendy Kopp

Ending educational inequality is going to require systemic change and a long-term, sustained effort. There are no shortcuts and no silver bullets. — Wendy Kopp

A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system. — Wendy Kopp

Education must be the only sector that hasn't already been completely revolutionized by technology. — Wendy Kopp

Teach For China recruits top American and Chinese college graduates, like 26-year-old Yang Xiao, to teach in the country's most disadvantaged schools. — Wendy Kopp

Our laws guarantee all students the right to a K-12 education, regardless of their immigration status. — Wendy Kopp

We must broaden the definition of who our neighbors are, and extend the boundaries of our interest and empathy. — Wendy Kopp

We collaborate with other countries on issues like public health and climate change because we understand these issues affect our collective welfare. — Wendy Kopp

We go around and talk about what are each of the kids most proud of from the previous week. — Wendy Kopp

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. — Wendy Kopp

In every case where I've seen a transformational school, there's a principal who really has the foundational experience of having taught successfully. — Wendy Kopp

People are everything in education, just as in the corporate world. — Wendy Kopp

The teachers are trying to build the same culture in the classroom as we're building in the organization. — Wendy Kopp

Dartmouth is such a special college with its rich history, dedicated student body, and, as I've been learning more recently, colorful customs. — Wendy Kopp

I think people are attracted to teaching because they want to make a real impact. — Wendy Kopp

If we freed up all the money in the certification process, think about how much more money we'd have to put into teacher salaries. — Wendy Kopp