Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Teach for America’s Wendy Kopp’s global reach - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Teach for America’s Wendy Kopp’s global reach - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Teach for America’s Wendy Kopp’s global reach

An organization in China called the China Education Initiative recently approved a change of name to Teach for China. Sound familiar?

Teach for China is a partner of Wendy Kopp’s Teach for America, which itself is part of a global organization called Teach for All that Kopp co-founded and for which she serves as chief executive officer.

The United States of America apparently isn’t big enough for the founder of the 20-year-old TFA, which recruits college graduates (initially exclusively from the Ivy League though now from other schools too), gives them five weeks of summer training and then places them in high-needs schools. Recruits must give a commitment of two years.

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