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" I think people are attracted to teaching because they want to make a real impact. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" Where educational deprivation exists, it breeds conflict and enables repression. "

" All over the world, children facing the challenges of poverty attend schools that aren't designed to meet their extra needs; across country lines, the lives of marginalized kids look far more similar than they do different. "

" 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. "

" All around the world, we send our top talent into finance, technology, medicine and law - everywhere but towards expanding opportunity for our most marginalized children. "

" 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. "

Change The World

" We have found that the most successful teachers in low-income communities operate like successful leaders. They establish a vision of where their students will be performing at the end of the year that many believe to be unrealistic. "

" 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. "

" You will find it will almost always be more comfortable to sit on the sidelines and critique the builders from afar. But at the end of the day, the people who make a difference, the people who shape history, are not the haters. "

Make A Difference

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When you think of the typical Teach For America corps member, soldiers and ex-bankers are probably not the people who come to mind. In fact, there is no such thing as a typical corps member. They can't be neatly pigeonholed or painted with a broad brush. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" While I started out with a vague understanding that diversity would be important, my own observations have led me to realize that achieving greater levels of diversity is in fact vital to our long-term success. "

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

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

" As a founder of two organizations that recruit top college graduates to expand educational opportunity, I've spent a lot of time examining what's at work in successful classrooms and schools over the past two decades. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I'm happy to admit that I'm a hopeless optimist. "

" School boards can be a steppingstone to higher forms of political leadership. "