Teach for America Founder & CEO Wendy Kopp interview

Inspiring interview with Wendy Kopp, CEO and Founder of Teach for America. This unique organization recruits recent college graduates in a wide variety of fields for two years to have them teach in some of America's neediest schools and areas. The results have been powerful: incredible improvements in the education, inspiration and academic performance of the students in these schools while at the same time providing an incomparable opportunity for training and shaping the leaders of tomorrow.

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[tanlineonringfinger]

I think the point isn't who do we blame but rather who has the power to improve the situation. I think TFA teachers prove that a teacher can empower a student to achieve DESPITE our unequal society and in doing so takes one more step toward an equitable educational system.

[tanlineonringfinger]

It seems like you're not as interested in communicating with TFA teachers as you are in educating them about the evils of their organization. I think an organization that has created strong leaders who are impacting communities from multiple levels - as principals, superintendents, chancellors - and from multiple career fields - policy, business, etc - can't be written off as "to weak."

[calditz1]

Where you live in this country also determines your Constitutional rights, what kind of weather you have, your job possibilities and what you eat. None of those are considered "social injustice" so education is just another thing that's diffe3rent depending on where you live. Both of the moonies in this video are elitist syncophants that "think" they know way more than they do and want to indoctrinate some simple minds. Did anyone really listen to this drivel? The upload note is pure BS!

[cexino]

Well done Wendy what a great initiative.

[RdSucker]

Wendy: How do you KNOW the stunning grads you send out are "our best" teachers? Is that not totally umproven until they actually hit the road? A little presumptious? AND I have been teaching higher ed in a rural area decades, and the big college grads you are sending could have not have LESS resonant skills to affect these rural dimmer lights. I see a great goal, but flawed mechanics. GOOD LUCK!

[madelinemorrissey]

@lindz4866 Background in education does guarantee a high quality educator. AT ALL. I see where you're coming from, and logically this makes sense, but teaching is not a field where your logic applies. I teach in New Orleans public schools and I can tell you that a Masters in Education or knowledge of educational theory does not make an excellent teacher. It's about understanding the problem, the solutions, and having dedication.

[vlyu]

It has been said that improverished inner city kids have no chance to succeed academically unless the root causes of poverty are solved. TFA has shown that inner city kids can achieve despite these seemingly-insurmountable obstacles.

[lindz4866]

@chasexctk3 Above all, the highest quality teachers should be hired first. If there are left over spots TFA can be a bandaid. It's not right, however, that someone who has no background in education gets a job over someone who is highly trained. It's not fair to to teachers, students or the communities that schools claim to serve. Done.