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One Day, All Children

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Adapted from the English Wikipedia article One Day, All Children, available under CC BY-SA 4.0Updated 10 August 2025
Teach For America
Company typeNonprofit organization
IndustryEducation
Founded1990; 36 years ago (1990)
FounderWendy Kopp
Key people
Wendy Kopp (CEO and Founder)
ProductsEducational programs, Teacher corps
Number of employees
8000 (corps members, 2010–2011 academic year)

One Day, All Children: The Unexpected Success of Teach For America and Insights Gained Along the Journey () represents the debut publication by Wendy Kopp, the CEO and Founder of Teach For America. Initially published by PublicAffairs in April 2003, thirteen years following the establishment of Teach For America, an updated edition featuring a revised afterword was issued in 2011 to commemorate the organization's 20th anniversary. The book's title embodies Teach For America's mission: "One day, all children in this nation will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education."

In this work, Kopp details the evolution of Teach For America from its origins as a solo initiative into a prominent nonprofit organization with more than 8,000 corps members teaching during the 2010-2011 academic year and a network comprising over 20,000 alumni. The narrative emphasizes the organization's strategic growth and its influence on efforts toward education reform.