Wendy Kopp · CEO · Teach For All · The WLS 100 · 2026 Edition
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Inaugural edition 2026 · N. America

Wendy Kopp

CEO

60+ pays. Éducation des plus défavorisés.

Education
Princeton
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Fresh out of Princeton, Wendy Kopp turned her senior thesis into Teach For America, an organization that places recent graduates as teachers in the country's most underserved schools. Nearly two decades later she co-founded Teach For All to carry the idea beyond the United States: the network now brings together independent partner organizations in more than sixty countries, from Europe to Africa and Asia. The author of two books on educational equity, she remains one of the most influential voices on teacher development and leadership in education.

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By turning a national initiative into a global network of education leaders, she combines international reach with a lasting societal commitment to the most vulnerable children.

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