About the Author
Wendy Kopp is the founder and president of Teach For America. She lives in New York City with her husband and two sons
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Works by Wendy Kopp
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Kopp, Wendy Sue
- Birthdate
- 1967-06-29
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Austin, Texas, USA
- Places of residence
- Austin, Texas, USA
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA - Education
- Princeton University (Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs|BA|1989)
Highland Park High School, Dallas, Texas, USA - Organizations
- Teach for America (Chief Operating Officer)
Teach For All
Members
Reviews
One Day, All Children...: The Unlikely Triumph Of… by Wendy Kopp
Pretty interesting...a bit boring at the end though.
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.I won the audio version thru Library Thing. It took mr awhile to listen to it and I am not in the teaching field and really did not get a whole lot out of this audio. Maybe I need to stick to print copies.
Inspirational informative and a clarion call for continual improvement for education for all children in America.
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.I picked this title up with the hopes that I would learn more about Teach for America and how they have achieved their successes. The author convinced me that their achievements are real but left me disappointed in terms of insights into the day-to-day life in their teachers' classrooms. She did convince me that this model can be taken to scale if we have the collective will to do so.
Like other reviewers, I was disappointed with the narrater. Could only stay away if i was doing another task.… (more)
Like other reviewers, I was disappointed with the narrater. Could only stay away if i was doing another task.… (more)
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Statistics
- Works
- 3
- Members
- 242
- Popularity
- #93,893
- Rating
- 3.4
- Reviews
- 14
- ISBNs
- 9
