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I have a theory that if you've got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you're probably better off at boarding school.


Wendy Cope

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WENDY KOPP I've heard a number of our alumni - people who are running schools and school systems - think a ...
WENDY KOPP We believe strongly in transparency and accountability, which is why Teach For America encourages ri...
WENDY KOPP Teach For America was built on the idea that our best hope of reaching 'One Day' is to have ...
WENDY KOPP On average, our corps members stay in the classroom for eight years. But again, given the systemic n...
WENDY KOPP Aging gracefully means being flexible, being open, allowing change, enjoying change and loving yours...
WENDY WHELAN Kids in urban and rural areas face so many challenges, and they show up at schools that don't ha...
WENDY KOPP Ending educational inequality is going to require systemic change and a long-term, sustained effort....
WENDY KOPP Mine is a story about a teenage single mother who struggled to keep her young family afloat. It'...
WENDY DAVIS when you hate a girl because she gets to kiss the boy you like, any little imperfection can become a...
WENDY BRANT Whenever we've seen the kids in the most disadvantaged context truly excel, always it's been...
WENDY KOPP Texans don't want to sit back and watch Austin turn into Washington, D.C. State leaders in power...
WENDY DAVIS Across the globe, disadvantaged children are not living up to their potential because if they attend...
WENDY KOPP Certain people have certain ways of focusing on things, and some arrange their lens to a pinhole in ...
WENDY WHELAN It's time to declare a cease-fire in the education arms race. We have far more to gain from coll...
WENDY KOPP The truth is that at age 19, I was a teenage mother living alone with my daughter in a trailer and s...
WENDY DAVIS It's great to talk about how good things are now. But we can't sit on our laurels and expect...
WENDY DAVIS I rely heavily on my beta readers' honest critiques.
WENDY HIGGINS Common Core results finally give families an accurate barometer of whether our kids are mastering th...
WENDY KOPP I knew I wanted to be a ballet dancer, but what kind, I wasn't sure. My two dream companies had ...
WENDY WHELAN This is our home tonight. Anywhere with you is my home.
WENDY HIGGINS Common Core reminds us what testing can do right. Modeled on standards of the world's education ...
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