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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's Teach For America's responsibility to ensure that all alumni know their voices are heard and valued, and to surface the range of opinion they represent.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
We believe strongly in transparency and accountability, which is why Teach For America encourages rigorous independent evaluations of our program. Our mission is too important to operate in any other way.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have found that the most successful teachers in low-income communities operate like successful leaders. They establish a vision of where their students will be performing at the end of the year that many believe to be unrealistic.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our experience at Teach For America has been that the more people understand educational inequity, the more they want to do something about it.
- College Students
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started Teach For America as a college senior, I sensed that there were thousands of talented, driven college students and recent grads who were searching for a way to make a real difference in the world.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people seem to sort of have a gut for hiring. I literally had a gut that was exactly the opposite. So whenever I thought someone would be great, it was sort of the opposite.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've done a lot of research on the characteristics of our teachers who are the most successful. The most predictive trait is still past demonstrated achievement, and all selection research basically points to that.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
People think of teachers who are born to teach, and you think of all these charismatic folks. Some of the most successful teachers are some of the least charismatic, interestingly. But they have a gift of figuring out what motivates people.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kids in urban and rural areas face so many challenges, and they show up at schools that don't have the extra capacity or extra resources to meet their needs.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Charter laws do something really important. They give educators the freedom and flexibility that they need to attain results. But we also have to invest a lot in the leadership pipeline to take advantage of that freedom and flexibility.
- Extra
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- Nov 07, 2020
When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's possible to train great people, but a person with great training who doesn't have certain characteristics is only going to go so far.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
It gets to whether we're a teacher-education model or a movement for social justice. I would say we're about the latter.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
Education must be the only sector that hasn't already been completely revolutionized by technology.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
Teach for America recruits top recent college grads, young professionals, people we believe are the U.S.'s most promising future leaders, and asks them to commit two years to teach in high-need urban and rural communities.
- Group
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- Nov 07, 2020
We should be individualizing instruction, utilizing that data to actually give teachers the tools necessary to meet the needs of a very diverse group of kids which exists in every class.
- Clear Vision
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever we've seen the kids in the most disadvantaged context truly excel, always it's been in classrooms and in whole schools where there is a clear vision of where the kids have the potential to be.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are looking for a set of personal characteristics that predict success, the first and foremost of which is perseverance in the face of challenges. We also look for the ability to influence and motivate others who share your values, strong problem-solving ability, and leadership.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the way to understand Teach for America is as a leadership development program.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are working essentially to build a leadership force of folks who will, during their first two years of teaching, actually put their kids on a different trajectory - not just survive as a new teacher, but actually help close the achievement gap for their kids.
- Mission
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mission that unites all of the programs of the Teach For All global network is that of cultivating the leadership capacity critical to ultimately ensuring educational opportunity for all.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kids who live in low income areas face extra challenges and show up at schools that were not designed to meet their extra needs.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we could reach the point where many of our nation's future leaders know what teachers know after teaching successfully in our highest-need schools, we would have a very different situation.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
On average, our corps members stay in the classroom for eight years. But again, given the systemic nature of educational inequity, we know it is vital that some of our alumni take their experience outside the classroom.
- Nov 07, 2020
I usually don't really have breakfast.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
We go around and talk about what are each of the kids most proud of from the previous week.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're looking for people out there who have demonstrated that they are leaders, have track records of achievement, and want to be part of a force... of a much larger force of determined people who want to bring about, ultimately, institutional change.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a senior at Princeton, I felt like the whole world was open to me. In our country, that's not a given. We aspire to be a place of equal opportunity, and yet where you're born determines your prospects.
- Demonstrate
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- Nov 07, 2020
We look for people who demonstrate perseverance in the face of challenges, the ability to influence and motivate others - people who want to work relentlessly to ensure that kids who are facing the challenges of poverty have an excellent education.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're not trying to be the only route into teaching. We do put enormous energy into understanding what differentiates the most successful teachers.
- Principal
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- Nov 07, 2020
In every case where I've seen a transformational school, there's a principal who really has the foundational experience of having taught successfully.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had been very focused on the issue of education disparities in our country, and literally, by the time kids are just nine years old, in low-income communities, they're already three or four grade levels behind nine-year-olds in high-income communities.
- Challenges
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Imagine how different those classrooms could be if hundreds of Nigeria's most talented recent graduates and professionals channeled their energy not only into the country's banks, but into making education in the country a force for transformation.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we're going to see sustainable results from all the other investments we're making in education, we need to build leadership capacity in each and every country.
- Business World
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
The teachers are trying to build the same culture in the classroom as we're building in the organization.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must broaden the definition of who our neighbors are, and extend the boundaries of our interest and empathy.
- Change The World
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no how-to guide for how to change the world. But it's easy to get hung up by misconceptions about what it takes to make an impact.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started Teach For America, I wasn't trying to come up with an idea that would change the world. I was trying to solve a problem much closer to home: I was a senior in college, and I had no idea what I was going to do with my life!
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Persistent inequality costs the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars a year, undermining our global competitiveness, our democracy, and our ideals as a nation.
- Diversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
The lack of diversity in higher education is a problem we as a country must tackle if we're going to live up to our promise.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Alumni
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- Nov 07, 2020
Teach For America would not be able to continue recruiting and developing an ever-more diverse and impactful group of corps members and alumni if the nation's leading colleges become even less diverse.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the long run, we will need many more African-American, Latino, and Native American leaders, and leaders from low-income communities, who can bring additional insight and a deeply grounded sense of urgency, and who are the most likely to inspire the necessary trust and engagement among students' parents and community leaders.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
While I started out with a vague understanding that diversity would be important, my own observations have led me to realize that achieving greater levels of diversity is in fact vital to our long-term success.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dartmouth is such a special college with its rich history, dedicated student body, and, as I've been learning more recently, colorful customs.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
You will find it will almost always be more comfortable to sit on the sidelines and critique the builders from afar. But at the end of the day, the people who make a difference, the people who shape history, are not the haters.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I myself was completely torn by the decision to start Teach For America. There was a voice in my head telling me not to do it - to take a more normal path. I did have one thing going for me, which was that I had been rejected from all the other jobs I'd applied to.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ending educational inequality is going to require systemic change and a long-term, sustained effort. There are no shortcuts and no silver bullets.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm happy to admit that I'm a hopeless optimist.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
Teach For America is working hard to be one significant source of the leadership we need.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the world's leaders are serious about improving collective well-being, we'd better get serious about prioritizing education in our nations and in our global discussion.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Graduates
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a founder of two organizations that recruit top college graduates to expand educational opportunity, I've spent a lot of time examining what's at work in successful classrooms and schools over the past two decades.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020