- Wendy Kopp
Wendy Kopp (born 1967) is the founder and president of
Teach For America (TFA), the national teaching corps.Background
Kopp was an
undergraduate in theWoodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs ,Princeton University . She received her B.A. from Princeton in 1989.Teach for America
Shortly after graduation from Princeton, Kopp founded "
Teach for America :":In 1989, 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. [cite web | author= | year=2007 | url=http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/comm/news/newsfull.shtml?portal_id=2JGDhD~HryUDcnDQiDD~nhQU&node=5187646&full=1 | title=Kopp Named MHC Commencement Speaker| accessdate=2007-04-24]
Kopp chronicled her experiences in her book, "."
Awards
*2006:"Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize" [cite web | author= | year= | url=http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/prize/winners_kopp.shtml| title=Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize| accessdate=2007-04-19]
* 2004:"John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards" [cite web | author= | year= | url=http://www.jfklibrary.org/Education+and+Public+Programs/New+Frontier+Award/Award+Recipients/Wendy+Kopp/l| title=John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards| accessdate=2007-04-19]
*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 [cite web | author= | year= | url=http://www.glenninstitute.org/glenn/lectures/kopp.htm| title=Wendy Kopp Biography| accessdate=2007-04-19] "Book
* "". (2001)
Trivia
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05 February 2007 : Kopp appeared on the" Colbert Report." [cite web | author= | year= | url=http://www.teachforamerica.org/newsroom/documents/TeachForAmerica_News_20070206.htm| title=Wendy Kopp Pays a Visit to the Colbert Nation| accessdate=2007-04-19]Footnotes
External links
"Biographies":
* [http://www.teachforamerica.org/about/our_team.htm#wendy_kopp Official biography] -Teach for America
* " [http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/01/0521/9a.shtml Thesis sparks thriving teacher corps] " -Princeton University
* [http://www.glenninstitute.org/glenn/lectures/kopp.htm Biography] -John Glenn School of Public Affairs
*imdb name | id=2535662 | name=Wendy Kopp
* [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/061022/30kopp.htm Wendy Kopp: America's Best Leaders] "Interviews and speeches":
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=hYh9AnwHsZc Feature video interview with Wendy Kopp on The Alcove with Mark Molaro]
*" [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education/jan-june01/teach_05-31.html Teaching Children] " -PBS
* [http://www.girlscando.com/cgi-bin/cf/cf_change/change_careerinterview.cfm Change the World Interviews]
* [http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=34121 2008 Commencement Speech] -Georgetown University
* [http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/comm/news/newsfull.shtml?portal_id=2JGDTD%7EgEy%7EQFDnkZDD_ygy%7E&node=5254836&full=1 2007 Commencement Speech] -Mount Holyoke College
* [http://alumni.unc.edu/article.asp?SID=3782 2006 Commencement Speech] -University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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