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" 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. "

Wendy Kopp

Teach

Accountability

America

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" 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. "

" Competition and competitive rhetoric can be healthy. It's what drove the United States to pursue the Soviet Union into space, creating countless innovations along the way. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Mindsets, skills and leadership, experience and access, and critical consciousness - we need all four of these things for our students to be the leaders, people and citizens we want them to be. "

" When I started Teach For America, I wasn't trying to come up with an idea that would change the world. I was trying to solve a problem much closer to home: I was a senior in college, and I had no idea what I was going to do with my life! "

" 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. "

" Imagine how different those classrooms could be if hundreds of Nigeria's most talented recent graduates and professionals channeled their energy not only into the country's banks, but into making education in the country a force for transformation. "

" People think of teachers who are born to teach, and you think of all these charismatic folks. Some of the most successful teachers are some of the least charismatic, interestingly. But they have a gift of figuring out what motivates people. "

" We're looking for people out there who have demonstrated that they are leaders, have track records of achievement, and want to be part of a force... of a much larger force of determined people who want to bring about, ultimately, institutional change. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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

Live

Problem

" Kids in urban and rural areas face so many challenges, and they show up at schools that don't have the extra capacity or extra resources to meet their needs. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Wendy Kopp

Week

Talk

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Wendy Kopp

Understanding

Diversity

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

" 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. "