Wendy Kopp
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| Born | Wendy Sue Kopp June 29, 1967 Austin, TX |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Occupation | CEO of Teach for America |
Wendy Sue Kopp (born June 29, 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 Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton in 1989 and was a member of Princeton's Business Today.
[edit] Teach for America
Shortly after graduation from Princeton, Kopp founded Teach for America.
In 1988, 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]
She is the Chief Executive Officer of Teach For All, an organization that seeks to apply the methods of Teach for America to the developing world.
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
- 2008: Doctorate of Humane Letters from Georgetown University; spoke at commencement ceremony for main undergraduate college[2]
- 2006:Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize[3]
- 2004:John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards[4]
- 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:Echoing Green Fellowship
- 1991:Kilby Young Innovator Award [5]
[edit] Book
- One Day, All Children: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach for America and What I Learned Along the Way. (2001)
[edit] Trivia
- 05 February 2007: Kopp appeared on the Colbert Report.[6]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ "Kopp Named MHC Commencement Speaker". 2007. http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/comm/news/newsfull.shtml?portal_id=2JGDhD~HryUDcnDQiDD~nhQU&node=5187646&full=1. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
- ^ "Commencement Address: Georgetown College". http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=34121. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
- ^ "Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize". http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/prize/winners_kopp.shtml. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
- ^ "John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards". http://www.jfklibrary.org/Education+and+Public+Programs/New+Frontier+Award/Award+Recipients/Wendy+Kopp/l. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
- ^ "Wendy Kopp Biography". http://www.glenninstitute.org/glenn/lectures/kopp.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
- ^ "Wendy Kopp Pays a Visit to the Colbert Nation". http://www.teachforamerica.org/newsroom/documents/TeachForAmerica_News_20070206.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
[edit] External links
Biographies:
- Official biography - Teach for America
- Thesis sparks thriving teacher corps - Princeton University
- Biography - John Glenn School of Public Affairs
- Wendy Kopp at the Internet Movie Database
- Wendy Kopp: America's Best Leaders
Interviews and speeches:
- Feature video interview with Wendy Kopp on The Alcove with Mark Molaro
- Teaching Children - PBS
- Change the World Interviews
- 2009 Commencement Speech - Washington University in St. Louis
- 2008 Commencement Speech - Georgetown University
- 2007 Commencement Speech - Mount Holyoke College
- 2006 Commencement Speech - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Podcast Interview with Wendy Kopp Social Innovation Conversations, February 1, 2008
