50 Wendy Kopp Quotes for You to Enjoy

Wendy Kopp

American Public Servant

Born: Jun 29, 1967

Country Education Leadership People Think World

Related authors: Andrew Yang Ben Bernanke Betsy DeVos Clara Barton Elizabeth Warren Hope Hicks Jerome Powell Jim Mattis

In the long run, we need to build a leadership force of people. We have a whole strategy around not only providing folks with the foundational experience during their two years with us, but also then accelerating their leadership in ways that is strategic for the broader education reform movement. Wendy Kopp

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I usually don't really have breakfast. Wendy Kopp

Breakfast Really

Throughout history, when societies have been faced with big challenges, they've put their best people on them. During the Space Race, American and Russian scientists, engineers, astronauts and cosmonauts pushed the bounds of what was possible and landed men on the moon. Wendy Kopp

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Our teachers are operating just as effective leaders in the business world do. They set a vision that most people think is crazy. They convince the kids why it's important to accomplish the goal. And they are totally relentless. Wendy Kopp

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People are everything in education, just as in the corporate world. Wendy Kopp

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We must broaden the definition of who our neighbors are, and extend the boundaries of our interest and empathy. Wendy Kopp

Our Broaden Definition Neighbors Must Empathy Boundaries Interest Who Extend

Cultivating more leaders who reflect our heterogeneous society depends on universities' transparent use of race as one of many factors in an admissions process that is accessible to all. Wendy Kopp

Reflect Society Our Admission More Factors Leaders Accessible Cultivating Depends Process Race Use Transparent Who Many Universities

When you think of the typical Teach For America corps member, soldiers and ex-bankers are probably not the people who come to mind. In fact, there is no such thing as a typical corps member. They can't be neatly pigeonholed or painted with a broad brush. Wendy Kopp

As a white woman with a privileged education, I'm keenly aware that I founded an organization that can only realize its goal if it enlists many more leaders who share the backgrounds of the students and families we work with. Wendy Kopp

Work Education Woman Organization White Backgrounds More Only Students Share Leaders Goal Privileged Families Realize Who Many Aware Founded

It's easier to poke holes in an idea than think of ways to fill them. And it's easier to focus on the 100 reasons you shouldn't do something rather than the one reason you should. Wendy Kopp

You Focus Think Ways Easier Something Rather Poke Idea Than Holes Them Should Reason Reasons Fill

More often than not, the most effective leaders have been shaped by teaching successfully in high needs classrooms. Because of their experience, they know that it is possible for low-income children to achieve on an absolute scale and understand what we need to do to allow them to fulfill their potential. Wendy Kopp

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Teach For America is working hard to be one significant source of the leadership we need. Wendy Kopp

Leadership Significant Source America Working Teach Working Hard Hard Need

All over the world, children facing the challenges of poverty attend schools that aren't designed to meet their extra needs; across country lines, the lives of marginalized kids look far more similar than they do different. Wendy Kopp

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Fostering the leadership necessary for transformational outcomes in education is hard work, and in countries around the world, there is a constant search for easier solutions. Wendy Kopp

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Competition and competitive rhetoric can be healthy. It's what drove the United States to pursue the Soviet Union into space, creating countless innovations along the way. Wendy Kopp

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We collaborate with other countries on issues like public health and climate change because we understand these issues affect our collective welfare. Wendy Kopp

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