Wendy Kopp

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Wendy Kopp (born 1967) is the founder and president of Teach For America (TFA), the national teaching corps.

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[edit] Background

Kopp was an undergraduate in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. She received her A.B. from Princeton in 1989.

[edit] 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. 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.

[edit] Awards

  • 2006:Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize[2]
  • 2004:John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards[3]
  • 2003:Clinton Center Award for Leadership and National Service
  • 2003:Child magazine’s Children’s Champion Award
  • 1994:Aetna’s Voice of Conscience Award
  • 1994:Citizen Activist Award from the Gleitsman Foundation
  • 1993:Woodrow Wilson Award (Princeton University)
  • 1991:Kilby Young Innovator Award [4]

[edit] Book

[edit] Trivia

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Kopp Named MHC Commencement Speaker (2007). Retrieved on 2007-04-24.
  2. ^ Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.
  3. ^ John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.
  4. ^ Wendy Kopp Biography. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.
  5. ^ Wendy Kopp Pays a Visit to the Colbert Nation. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.

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