Wendy Kopp
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| Born | Wendy Sue Kopp June 29, 1967 Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Education | Princeton University (Bachelors of Art) |
Wendy Sue Kopp (born June 29, 1967) is the CEO and co-founder of Teach For All, a global network of independent nonprofit organizations working to expand educational opportunity in their own countries and the Founder of Teach For America (TFA), a national teaching corps.
Background
[edit]Wendy Kopp attended Highland Park High School in Dallas, Texas and later was an undergraduate in the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. She received her Arts Baccalaureate degree from Princeton in 1989 and was a member of Princeton's Business Today and the University Press Club.
Teach For America
[edit]In 1989, Kopp proposed the creation of Teach For America in her 177-page long senior thesis titled "An Argument and Plan for the Creation of the Teachers Corps" which she completed under the supervision of Marvin Bressler.[1][2] 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.[3]
Shortly after graduating from Princeton, Kopp founded Teach For America. In 1990, 500 recent college graduates joined Teach For America's charter corps.
In 2007, Kopp founded Teach For All, a global network of independent nonprofit organizations that apply the same model as Teach For America in other countries.[4]
In 2013, Kopp transitioned out of the role of CEO of Teach For America and named Elisa Villanueva Beard and Matt Kramer as co-CEOs of the organization. Villanueva Beard assumed full leadership in September 2015. Today, Kopp remains an active member of Teach For America's board.[5]
Kopp chronicled her experiences at Teach For America in two books, One Day, All Children: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach For America and What I Learned Along the Way and A Chance To Make History: What Works and What Doesn't in Providing an Excellent Education For All.
According to 2012 online records, Kopp makes at least $416,876 per year.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Wendy Kopp is married to Richard Barth, president of the KIPP Foundation. They have four children and live in Manhattan.[7]
Awards
[edit]- Honorary doctorates
- 2014: University of Oklahoma
- 2013: Boston University
- 2012: Harvard University
- 2010: Marquette University
- 2009: Washington University in St. Louis
- 2008: Georgetown University
- 2007: Mount Holyoke College
- 2007: Rhodes College
- 2004: Pace University
- 2004: Mercy College
- 2001: Smith College
- 2000: Princeton University
- 1995: Connecticut College
- 1995: Drew University
- Awards
- 2008: Presidential Citizens Medal
- 2006: Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement[8][9]
- 1991: The Jefferson Award for Public Service[10]
- 1991: Echoing Green Fellowship[11]
Trivia
[edit]On February 5, 2007, Kopp appeared on The Colbert Report.[12]
Published works
[edit]- One Day, All Children: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach For America and What I Learned Along the Way (2001)
- A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn't in Providing an Excellent Education for All (2011)
References
[edit]- ^ Patel, Ushma, Marvin Bressler, sociologist, education pioneer and mentor, dies Archived 2017-05-09 at the Wayback Machine, News at Princeton, Princeton University, July 9, 2010 12:42 p.m. ET. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
- ^ Kopp, Wendy S. Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (ed.). "An Argument and Plan for the Creation of the Teachers Corps". Archived from the original on 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Kopp Named MHC Commencement Speaker". 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-06-02. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
- ^ "Our History". Archived from the original on 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
- ^ "Teach For America Founder Voted Chair of the Board". 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-03-27. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
- ^ "Compensation of Leaders (FYE 09/2012)". 2012. Archived from the original on 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
- ^ Gootman, Elissa (2011-04-10). "No Breakfast, but Bagels for Lunch". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2011-04-12. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ^ "Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement". www.achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement. Archived from the original on 2017-12-12. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- ^ "2006 Summit Highlights Photo". Archived from the original on 2020-09-17. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
Summit Host George Lucas congratulates Wendy Kopp, founder and President of Teach for America, on receiving the Gold Medal of the Academy of Achievement during the 2006 International Achievement Summit in Los Angeles.
- ^ "National - Jefferson Awards Foundation". Jefferson Awards Foundation. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
- ^ "Wendy Kopp, 1991 Echoing Green Fellow". 2012. Archived from the original on 2017-11-16. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ^ "Wendy Kopp Pays a Visit to the Colbert Nation". Archived from the original on 2007-03-29. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
External links
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- Official biography – Teach For America
- Wendy Kopp at IMDb
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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- 1967 births
- American nonprofit executives
- Educators from Texas
- American women educators
- Living people
- People from Austin, Texas
- Presidential Citizens Medal recipients
- American women nonprofit executives
- Princeton School of Public and International Affairs alumni
- 21st-century American women
- Princeton University alumni