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One Day, All Children:

The Unlikely Triumph of Teach for America and What I Learned Along the Way
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PublicAffairs, 2001 - Education - 193 pages
From her dorm room at Princeton University, twenty-one-year-old college senior Wendy Kopp decided to launch a movement to improve public education in America. In One Day, All Children... , she shares the remarkable story of Teach For America, a non-profit organization that sends outstanding college graduates to teach for two years in the most under-resourced urban and rural public schools in America. The astonishing success of the program has proven it possible for children in low-income areas to attain the same level of academic achievement as children in more privileged areas and more privileged schools.

One Day, All Children… is not just a personal memoir. It's a blueprint for the new civil rights movement--a movement that demands educational access and opportunity for all American children.

  

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Review: One Day, All Children...: The Unlikely Triumph Of Teach For America And What I Learned Along The Way

User Review  - Genevieve Barrons - Goodreads

Interesting book, although when she--a woman who has never spent a day in her life--started rhapsodizing about what makes a good teacher (and why her unqualified teachers are better than any veterans) I wanted to stab her in the face. Read full review

Review: One Day, All Children...: The Unlikely Triumph Of Teach For America And What I Learned Along The Way

User Review  - Cristiana - Goodreads

Fascinating. Enjoyed but sometimes cringed at this brutally honest account of starting Teach for America. Interesting to hear how her thought process changed over time and to gain real insight on how ... Read full review

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Contents

The Thesis
4
Suspending the Laws of the Universe
14
When Idealism Isnt Enough
50
New Ideas
74
The Dark Years
78
Big Decisions
104
Reaching the Light at the End of the Tunnel
116
Upward Spiral
128
Taking Stock
148
Realizing the Vision
158
The Decade Ahead
182
AFTERWORD
188
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About the author (2001)

Wendy Kopp is the founder and chairwoman of the board at  Teach For America, the co-founder and chief executive of Teach For All, and the author of A Chance to Make History. She lives in New York City.

 

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