American - Public | June 29, 1967 -
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.
Wendy Kopp
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The mission that unites all of the programs of the Teach For All global network is that of cultivating the leadership capacity critical to ultimately ensuring educational opportunity for all.
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Kids who live in low income areas face extra challenges and show up at schools that were not designed to meet their extra needs.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I usually don't really have breakfast.
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We go around and talk about what are each of the kids most proud of from the previous week.
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School boards can be a steppingstone to higher forms of political leadership.
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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.
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We're not trying to be the only route into teaching. We do put enormous energy into understanding what differentiates the most successful teachers.
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In every case where I've seen a transformational school, there's a principal who really has the foundational experience of having taught successfully.
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