| A Chance to Make History | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Wendy Kopp |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Education |
| Genre(s) | Nonfiction |
| Publisher | PublicAffairs |
| Publication date | 2011 |
A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn't in Providing an Excellent Education for All (ISBN 158648740X) is a book by Wendy Kopp, CEO and Founder of Teach For America, that was published by PublicAffairs in January 2011 [1].
In A Chance to Make History, Kopp draws on examples of effective teachers, as well as schools and entire districts to demonstrate what she believes is needed to provide all children with a "transformational" education[2][3].
A Chance to Make History is the second book by Wendy Kopp. Her first book, titled One Day, All Children: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach for America and What I Learned Along the Way, was published in 2003 by PublicAffairs.
Wendy Kopp is the founder and Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Teach For America. Wendy came up with the idea for the organization in her 1989 undergraduate research thesis. She is also the co-founder and CEO of Teach For All, a global network of organizations working to end educational inequity around the world.
A Chance to Make History was named a Washington Post bestselling book in April 2011[4].