Author: Wendy Kopp

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

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

- 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

- Wendy Kopp

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

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

- Wendy Kopp

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

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

- 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.

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

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