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" I had been very focused on the issue of education disparities in our country, and literally, by the time kids are just nine years old, in low-income communities, they're already three or four grade levels behind nine-year-olds in high-income communities. "

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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. "

Wendy Kopp

Teach

World

Way

" I usually don't really have breakfast. "

Wendy Kopp

Really

Breakfast

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

Wendy Kopp

Week

Talk

" Whenever we've seen the kids in the most disadvantaged context truly excel, always it's been in classrooms and in whole schools where there is a clear vision of where the kids have the potential to be. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Teach for America recruits top recent college grads, young professionals, people we believe are the U.S.'s most promising future leaders, and asks them to commit two years to teach in high-need urban and rural communities. "

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

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

" Throughout history, when societies have been faced with big challenges, they've put their best people on them. During the Space Race, American and Russian scientists, engineers, astronauts and cosmonauts pushed the bounds of what was possible and landed men on the moon. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" As a senior at Princeton, I felt like the whole world was open to me. In our country, that's not a given. We aspire to be a place of equal opportunity, and yet where you're born determines your prospects. "

Wendy Kopp

World

Born

" We look for people who demonstrate perseverance in the face of challenges, the ability to influence and motivate others - people who want to work relentlessly to ensure that kids who are facing the challenges of poverty have an excellent education. "

" Technology has enormous potential to address educational needs more efficiently, help teachers improve their performance, and enrich and individualize student learning. "

" I'll get up at 5 or 6. I try to catch up on sleep on the weekends, so I'll try to get seven hours of sleep. During the week, my ideal is to go to bed at 9 and wake up six hours later. "

Wendy Kopp

Bed

Wake Up

" In the long run, we need to build a leadership force of people. We have a whole strategy around not only providing folks with the foundational experience during their two years with us, but also then accelerating their leadership in ways that is strategic for the broader education reform movement. "

" Cultivating more leaders who reflect our heterogeneous society depends on universities' transparent use of race as one of many factors in an admissions process that is accessible to all. "

Wendy Kopp

Reflect

Race

" Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession. "

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

" If the world's leaders are serious about improving collective well-being, we'd better get serious about prioritizing education in our nations and in our global discussion. "

" 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

Money

" We've done a lot of research on the characteristics of our teachers who are the most successful. The most predictive trait is still past demonstrated achievement, and all selection research basically points to that. "

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

Wendy Kopp

Change

Understand

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

" 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. "