Wendy Kopp

Wendy Kopp reads from A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn't in Providing an Excellent Education for All.

Wendy Kopp, best-selling author and CEO and Founder of Teach for America, will discuss her book, A Chance to Make History, on Thursday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Minnesota Bookstore in Coffman Memorial Union, 300 Washington Ave. S.E. Minneapolis. In A Chance to Make History, Kopp shares what she has learned in her twenty years at the center of a growing movement to end education inequity in America. With inspiring stories, novel insights, and a clear vision of the future of education reform, Kopp charts a path to the fulfillment of our nation’s most fundamental ideals of freedom and equality. Kopp shows how we can provide children in low-income urban and rural communities with an education that transforms their life prospects. Learn what it will take to “scale up” the growing number of examples of education trumping poverty. Kopp will sign copies of her book following the discussion. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, or to order a signed copy visit www.bookstore.umn.edu/genref/authors.html. (UMNBookstore)… (more)

WENDY KOPP discusses One Day, All Children: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach for America and What I Learned Along the Way.

(NOTE: Tickets $10.00 EA / FREE for Educators & Students)

DESCRIPTION: Talk about a Big Idea! In 1989, convinced that many in her generation were searching for ways to make a difference in the world, Kopp turned her undergraduate thesis at Princeton University into the national teaching corps Teach for America (TFA). Kopp will survey the first 20 years of TFA’s existence while discussing the experiences chronicled in her book One Day, All Children: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach for America and What I Learned Along the Way. (bookjones)… (more)