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" It's Teach For America's responsibility to ensure that all alumni know their voices are heard and valued, and to surface the range of opinion they represent. "

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" 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. "

" I've heard a number of our alumni - people who are running schools and school systems - think a lot about different models for the teaching profession. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" We believe strongly in transparency and accountability, which is why Teach For America encourages rigorous independent evaluations of our program. Our mission is too important to operate in any other way. "

" Charter laws do something really important. They give educators the freedom and flexibility that they need to attain results. But we also have to invest a lot in the leadership pipeline to take advantage of that freedom and flexibility. "

" It's time to declare a cease-fire in the education arms race. We have far more to gain from collaborating to solve our common problems than competing for higher rankings. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Education is the most powerful tool countries have for boosting economic growth, increasing prosperity, and forging more just, peaceful and equitable societies. "

" 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. "

" Teach For America was built on the idea that our best hope of reaching 'One Day' is to have thousands of alumni use their diverse experiences and ideas to effect change from inside and outside the education system. "

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

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

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

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

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

" Research confirms that great teachers change lives. Students with one highly effective elementary school teacher are more likely to go to college, less likely to become pregnant as teens, and earn tens of thousands more over their lifetimes. "

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

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

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

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

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