Education inequality is an issue still today and even though there has been some changes made we still need to more active in the cause. Wendy Kopp is the CEO and the founder of Teach For America. Teach For America is a growing movement of leaders who work to ensure that kids growing up in poverty get an excellent education. In this interview Wendy Kopp speaks about how there needs to be changes made in the education system. She states that we need to be activists towards education equality. She references the movie “Stand and Deliver” a movie that was based on Jamie Escalante helps students in an East Los Angeles high school pass the calculus advance placement test. She said that this movie not only focused on the issue that exist but that it also focused on Jamie Escalante and his motivation to make a difference. It was brought to the publics attention that we need to be more involved in making a difference.
http://youtu.be/eUqDMfghrX0
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