Teach for America CEO and founder, Wendy Kopp, will be in St. Louis on March 9 to discuss her new book A Chance to Make History.  The event will be held at Mad Art Gallery, 2727 S. 12th Street at 6:30pm.  Below is an excerpt from the book’s website:

In her new book, A Chance To Make History, Wendy Kopp, chief executive officer and founder of Teach For America, shares what she has learned in her twenty years at the center of a growing movement to end educational inequity in America.  With inspiring stories, novel insights and a clear vision of the future of education reform, Kopp charts a path to the fulfillment of our nation’s most fundamental ideals of freedom and equality.  A Chance To Make History moves us beyond current debates and blame games and provides hope that we can ensure educational opportunity for all of our nation’s children, regardless of their racial or economic background.

Kopp shows that we can provide children in low income urban and rural communities with an education that transforms their life prospects, if we engage in the hard work required to achieve extraordinary outcomes in any endeavor – establishing ambitious visions for success; developing capable teams to pursue the vision; building strong cultures of achievement and management systems that foster continuous improvement; and above all, doing whatever it takes to achieve the desired outcomes.

Kopp calls for moving beyond the temptation of overly simplistic answers that can distract time and energy from the core of the solution and instead investing the energy and exerting the discipline that is producing results in growing numbers of classrooms, schools and systems.

All author proceeds from the book will sponsor Teach For America corps members in urban and rural communities.

Source:  www.achancetomakehistory.com