Today I received on my desk an advanced copy of Wendy Kopp’s new book. In addition to being one of Time’s 100 most influential people in 2008, Kopp is my boss, many times removed. She’s the founder and CEO of Teach For America, an organization pioneering education reform in America and attracting more recent graduates from Harvard, Princeton, and Yale than any other institution out of college. These future leaders are plunged into America’s neediest public schools for two years, where they generally out-perform most teachers and either continue teaching or advocate for education equity in other careers.
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