A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn't in Providing an Excellent Education for All is a book by Wendy Kopp, CEO and founder of Teach For America.

[1] In A Chance to Make History, Kopp draws on examples of effective teachers, schools, and districts to demonstrate what she believes is needed to provide all children with a "transformational" education.

[2][3] A Chance to Make History is the second book by Wendy Kopp.

Kopp came up with the idea for the organization in her 1989 undergraduate research thesis at Princeton University.

A Chance to Make History was named a Washington Post bestselling book in April 2011.