Kopp, Wendy

Examines the late-twentieth-century movement that was designed to end educational inequity in America and to achieve transformational education for children from all socioeconomic backgrounds. Includes chapter notes.

Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp shares stories of educational leaders who have transformed the lives of their students despite their socioeconomic backgrounds and offers strategies for ending educational inequalities in the United States.

Wendy Kopp discusses how she created Teach for America, a program which sends talented young teachers to the neediest urban areas in the United States to educate disadvantaged children.