One day, all children : the unlikely triumph of Teach for America and what I learnt along the way

From her dorm room at Princeton University, twenty-one-year-old college senior Wendy Kopp decided to launch a movement to improve public education in America. In One Day, All Children... , she shares the remarkable story of Teach For America, a non-profit organization that sends outstanding college graduates to teach for two years in the most under-resourced urban and rural public schools in America. The astonishing success of the program has proven it possible for children in low-income areas to attain the same level of academic achievement as children in more privileged areas and more privileged schools.

One Day, All Children... is not just a personal memoir. It's a blueprint for the new civil rights movement--a movement that demands educational access and opportunity for all American children.

• Acknowledgments p. ix
• Preface p. xi
• 1 The Thesis p. 3
• 2 Suspending the Laws of the Universe p. 13
• 3 When Idealism Isn't Enough p. 49
• 4 New Ideas p. 73
• 5 The Dark Years p. 77
• 6 Big Decisions p. 103
• 7 Reaching the Light at the End of the Tunnel p. 115
• 8 Upward Spiral p. 127
• 9 Taking Stock p. 147
• 10 Realizing the Vision p. 157
• 11 The Decade Ahead p. 181
• Afterword p. 187