One day, all children-- : the unlikely triumph of Teach for America and what I learned along the way / Wendy Kopp.
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TextPublication details: New York : PublicAffairs, c2001.Edition: 1st edDescription: 187 p. ; 22 cmISBN: - 1891620924
- 9781891620928
- 372.11/00973 21
- LB1776.2 .K67 2001
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The Thesis -- Suspending the Laws of the Universe -- When Idealism Isn't Enough -- New Ideas -- The Dark Years -- Big Decisions -- Reaching the Light at the End of the Tunnel -- Upward Spiral -- Taking Stock -- Realizing the Vision -- The Decade Ahead.
Recounts Wendy Kopp's efforts to provide educational opportunities to children in low-income areas and her development of the Teach for America project, which assigns teachers to America's neediest public schools.
Patron comment on 2013-03-11
If you’re looking for proof that individuals can make an impact on our country immediately after finishing their undergraduate degree, Wendy Kopp offers her testimony in One Day, All Children. In this novel, she provides her first person perspective on how she had a great hand in the Teach for America initiative, upon graduating from Princeton. This novel is a written account of how individuals who think outside of the box and deviate from the standard path of the young scholar can be rewarded. By taking her life into her own hands, Kopp actively sought out ways to push her ideas to the agenda of many businesses. Through this, Kopp shows us that by taking the initiative, we can open doors that many would never dream of approaching. Kopp also offers a valuable life lesson through her grueling process of implementing Teach for America: learn to say no. Once you have a mission implanted in your mind and you have strategically mapped out a way to achieve it, don’t let others alter your mission. Teach for America’s mission statement reads, “One day, all children in this nation will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education”. This was Kopp’s vision; what is yours?