| Our current scope |
|---|
| 29: number of urban and rural regions served |
| more than 6,000: number of corps members |
| more than 14,000: number of alumni |
| approximately 400,000: number of students impacted annually |
| nearly 3 million : number of students reached since our inception |
As a college senior, Wendy Kopp proposed Teach For America's creation in her Princeton University undergraduate thesis. She was convinced that many in her generation were searching for a way to assume a significant responsibility that would make a real difference in the world and that top college students would choose teaching over more lucrative opportunities if a prominent teacher corps existed. As a 21 year-old, Kopp raised $2.5 million of start-up funding, hired a skeleton staff, and launched a grass-roots recruitment campaign. During Teach For America's first year in 1990, 500 men and women began teaching in six low-income communities across the country. Since then, Teach For America's network has grown to 20,000 individuals. We have become the nation's largest provider of teachers for low-income communities, and we have been recognized for building a pipeline of leaders committed to educational equity and excellence.
History
Corps and Alumni