All around the world, we send our top talent into finance, technology, medicine and law - everywhere but towards expanding opportunity for our most marginalized children.

Wendy Kopp
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  1. Teach For America was built on the idea that our best hope of reaching 'One Day' is to have thousands of alumni use their diverse experiences and ideas to effect change from inside and outside the education system.
  2. The idea that computers can ever replace teachers and schools reveals a deep lack of understanding about the role leadership plays in student success.
  3. Research confirms that great teachers change lives. Students with one highly effective elementary school teacher are more likely to go to college, less likely to become pregnant as teens, and earn tens of thousands more over their lifetimes.
  4. Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.
  5. If we freed up all the money in the certification process, think about how much more money we'd have to put into teacher salaries.
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