Women Who Inspire Us

Not many 21 year olds can claim to have gathered 2.5 million dollars to fund an idea that they could just not let go. Talk about inspiring! In her senior year at Princeton University, Wendy Kopp proposed the idea for Teach for America in her undergraduate thesis. She was sure that many of her peers were seeking to do something meaningful in their lives instead of rushing to a 6 figure job. Turns out, she was right.

A year later, in 1990, Kopp initiated Teach For America. That year, she started the program with 500 men and women who began teaching in needy communities. Fast forward to 15 years later and you will find that Teach For America has substantially grown. This organization now boasts 3,500 current members, in addition to, the more than 10,000 alumni.

Kopp shares her story in her book, One Day, All Children, part memoir, part guide book. Read it and perhaps you too will be inspired to follow your dreams.

Do you think our country's children are getting a better education now than they were 10 years ago?

By TRUPP22
02.25.21

TEACHERS DESERVE TO MAKE THE BIG BUCKS, NOT PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES. SPORTS ARE OVERATED!!
By NoodleD
02.21.21

I feel there is a lack of good education for all of the diversity that we have in our country
By susan1199
01.30.21

I think that some of our country's children are getting a better education now than they were 10 years ago. Programs like Wendy Kopp's have helped tremendously in this area. Technology has also helped a great deal in this area. However, there are children that are suffering right now because of the dysfunction in their home and have been doing online learning. Many children have been really struggling with this. I hope our pandemic environment improves in 2021 for all of us, but especially for our children.
By Dragonfish2
01.11.21

Today we have one of the highest dropout rates amongst highschool students and the ones that make it to college; a bit less than half actually finish and graduate. A lot has opened the door for change with all the advances in technology; creating a different learning experience, but unfortunately minority and low-income students are still less likely to have effective teachers than their peers.
By Rpeeples
01.08.21

I do not feel like they are getting a better education today. In my county they seem to be teaching to take a test instead of teaching so the kids learn something.
By Balyssa033
01.04.21

Absolutely, as the world evolves as does education to things. Things that are relevant now were unknown 10 years ago. The world evolves as should we.
By Kairaro
12.29.20

Do you think people would stop living in the future?
By Kairaro
12.29.20

Do you think people would stop living in the future?
By Neveragain
12.28.20

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By nicolelc
12.17.20

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12.17.20

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By allykow
12.16.20

Having grown up in an era of technology, I can certainly say that my quality of education is higher than what it could have been ten years ago, before most schools had access to laptops and iPads for students; these products help effeciently and effectively teach kids and provide access to online resources that were once limited to a much more select few.
By InfluencerMrsNita202
12.02.20

Yes, I do believe that they are, due to so much new technology worldwide that was not so-available to the earlier generations.
By BethyA79
11.30.20

I believe children get a better education now because of all the advances in technology.
By superconductor
11.26.20

I believe there are more opportunities for our children to receive better education; however, educators have the power to give them a better or worse one. Children are like sponges; history shows us that they will not listen/follow our guidance if we aren't living by the guidance we're trying to give them.