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Amanda Ripley talked about her book, The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way, in which she profiles three American students who moved to three different countries, Finland,…

Wendy Kopp talked about her book A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn’t in Providing an Excellent Education for All (PublicAffairs, 2011). In her book the founder of Teach for…

Wendy Kopp was interviewed about her organization, Teach for America, and its impact on America’s public schools. Teach For America provides recent college graduates and other young professi…

Authors discussed the role that social entrepreneurs play, or could play, in improving social and economic conditions in the U.S. and internationally. Peter Osnos moderated. Topics included …

Panelists spoke about high school dropout rates, the depiction of the problem as an educational crisis, reasons for the high rates, and possible solutions to the problem. Among the topics th…

Wendy Kopp talked about her book One Day, All Children...: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach For America and What I Learned Along the Way, published by PublicAffairs. The book is about Teach For…