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“Creating a high-functioning education system requires all the strategies involved in building high-functioning organisations anywhere. It requires a deliberate and aggressive strategy to ensure extraordinary talent at every level of the system, from the superintendentcy to district offices to principalships to classrooms. It requires building systems for accountability; offering parents the ability to choose their public schools is the ultimate form of this. It requires building a strong culture at the system and school levels based on high expectations for student achievement.”

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Wendy Kopp
Wendy Kopp

Wendy Kopp is a visionary education reformer and the co-founder and CEO of Teach For America, an organization dedicated to expanding educational opportunity in the United States. Born on June 29, 1967, Kopp has dedicated her career to addressing educational inequities and advocating for high-quality education for all students. more

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