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Wendy Kopp (born 1967) is the founder and president of Teach For America (TFA), the national teaching corps. Teach For America ( TFA) is a Non-profit organization whose mission is "to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our nation's most

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Background

Kopp was an undergraduate in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (often truncated to Woodrow Wilson School or abbreviated WWS; known as "Woody Woo" in Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. She received her A. B. from Princeton in 1989. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar)

Teach for America

Shortly after graduation from Princeton, Kopp founded Teach for America:

In 1989, Wendy Kopp proposed the creation of Teach for America in her undergraduate thesis at Princeton University. Teach For America ( TFA) is a Non-profit organization whose mission is "to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our nation's most She was convinced that many in her generation were searching for a way to assume a significant responsibility that would make a real difference in the world and that top college students would choose teaching over more lucrative opportunities if a prominent teacher corps existed. [1]

Kopp chronicled her experiences in her book, One Day, All Children: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach for America and What I Learned Along the Way. One Day All Children The Unlikely Triumph of Teach for America and What I Learned Along the Way is a 2001 book by Wendy Kopp.

Awards

Book

Trivia

Footnotes

  1. ^ Kopp Named MHC Commencement Speaker (2007). Retrieved on 2007-04-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to
  2. ^ Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize. Retrieved on 2007-04-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer
  3. ^ John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards. Retrieved on 2007-04-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer
  4. ^ Wendy Kopp Biography. Retrieved on 2007-04-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer
  5. ^ Wendy Kopp Pays a Visit to the Colbert Nation. Retrieved on 2007-04-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer

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Teach For America ( TFA) is a Non-profit organization whose mission is "to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our nation's most Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. The John Glenn School of Public Affairs is a Public policy school, public service research institute and home to various public programs at the The Ohio State University The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the Georgetown University is a Jesuit Private university located in Georgetown Washington D Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( UNC, North Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, Coeducational Research
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