The New Teacher Project

TNTP
Founded1997
FounderWendy Kopp
TypePublic charity
FocusEliminate Educational Inequity
Location
Key people
Dr. Tequilla Brownie, Chief Executive Officer
Employees
300+
Websitehttp://tntp.org

TNTP, formerly known as The New Teacher Project, is an organization in the United States with a mission of ensuring that poor and minority students get equal access to effective teachers. It helps urban school districts and states recruit and train new teachers, staff challenged schools, design evaluation systems, and retain teachers who have demonstrated the ability to raise student achievement. TNTP is a non-profit organization. It was founded by Wendy Kopp, the original founder of Teach for America (TFA), in 1997 as a spin-off of TFA.[1] She recruited Michelle Rhee as the CEO, according to TNTP's website.[2] Wendy Kopp remained as President of the board of TNTP until 2000 according to TNTP's 990 form.[3] Wendy Kopp remained as a board member until 2011. Rhee left TNTP in 2007.

  1. ^ TNTP. "The New Teacher Project: Who We Are".
  2. ^ TNTP. "The New Teacher Project: Who We Are". TNTP.
  3. ^ Propublica (9 May 2013). "TNTP 990 Forms".