{"author":"Wendy Kopp","author_id":"Wendy+Kopp","total_quotes":25,"quotes":[{"text":"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.","author":"Wendy Kopp","tags":["world","better","well-being "],"id":1102,"author_id":"Wendy+Kopp"},{"text":"School boards can be a steppingstone to higher forms of political leadership.","author":"Wendy Kopp","tags":["school","political","higher "],"id":93507,"author_id":"Wendy+Kopp"},{"text":"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.","author":"Wendy Kopp","tags":["work","education","hard work "],"id":107844,"author_id":"Wendy+Kopp"},{"text":"I think the way to understand Teach for America is as a leadership development program.","author":"Wendy Kopp","tags":["america","think","development "],"id":110576,"author_id":"Wendy+Kopp"},{"text":"Teach For America is working hard to be one significant source of the leadership we need.","author":"Wendy Kopp","tags":["america","working hard "],"id":120857,"author_id":"Wendy+Kopp"},{"text":"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.","author":"Wendy Kopp","tags":["work","perseverance "],"id":156930,"author_id":"Wendy+Kopp"},{"text":"The idea that computers can ever replace teachers and schools reveals a deep lack of understanding about the role leadership plays in student success.","author":"Wendy Kopp","tags":["leadership","success","deep "],"id":174367,"author_id":"Wendy+Kopp"},{"text":"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.","author":"Wendy Kopp","tags":["education","change","best "],"id":176676,"author_id":"Wendy+Kopp"},{"text":"Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.","author":"Wendy Kopp","tags":["strong","support","management "],"id":185676,"author_id":"Wendy+Kopp"},{"text":"Mindsets, skills and leadership, experience and access, and critical consciousness - we need all four of these things for our students to be the leaders, people and citizens we want them to be.","author":"Wendy Kopp","tags":["experience","people","want "],"id":187454,"author_id":"Wendy+Kopp"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":25,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}