It’s easier to poke holes in an idea than think of ways to fill them. And it’s easier to focus on the 100 reasons you shouldn’t do something rather than the one reason you should.
In every case where I’ve seen a transformational school, there’s a principal who really has the foundational experience of having taught successfully.
It’s time to declare a cease-fire in the education arms race. We have far more to gain from collaborating to solve our common problems than competing for higher rankings.
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.
I think Teach for America has suffered from the fact that I did not teach, in a major way. I also think if I had taught, I wouldn’t have started Teach for America.
We aspire to be equal opportunity, but all across the country where a student is born, their race, their class affect where they end up.
Dartmouth is such a special college with its rich history, dedicated student body, and, as I’ve been learning more recently, colorful customs.
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.
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.
Competition and competitive rhetoric can be healthy. It’s what drove the United States to pursue the Soviet Union into space, creating countless innovations along the way.
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.
Teach For China recruits top American and Chinese college graduates, like 26-year-old Yang Xiao, to teach in the country’s most disadvantaged schools.
Education must be the only sector that hasn’t already been completely revolutionized by technology.
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