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Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Camille Martínez
So, my journey began in the Bronx, New York,
in a one-bedroom apartment,
with my two sisters and immigrant mother.
I loved our neighborhood.
It was l
So, I teach college students about inequality and race in education,
and I like to leave my office open to any of my students
who might just want to see me to chat.
And a few semesters ago,
one of my
How did you discover your passion
or find your career?
Were you exposed to it?
Or was it trial and error?
As child rights advocate Marian Wright Edelman said,
"You can't be what you can't see."
Fortun
We know why kids don't learn. It's either poverty,
low attendance, negative peer influences— we know why.
But one of the things that we never discuss or we rarely discuss
is the value and impo
So I first met Kevin
on my very first day of student teaching,
and it was during first period.
He had his head down
so I walked over and I tapped him gently on the shoulder
and I asked him to lift his
So I am so thrilled to be in New York City,
but you see, I wasn't born in New York City
I'm from Tuscon, Arizona.
And for those of you that don't know where Tuscon, Arizona is,
or what it is, let me
In my many years as an educator
I've been afforded the opportunity to work with a variety of students.
They have all come from varying backgrounds,
single and two parent homes, middle class and imp
Let me tell you about an experience I had at a school in Zambia
in Southern Africa.
A privileged school with all the bells and whistles:
beautiful classrooms, well-resourced.
The kindergarten had a p
In 2010 I was appointed Superintendent of a large urban school district
in Southern California.
To be honest with you, it scared me to death.
But that aside, I was fortunate enough to have a lot of d
Public education, designed during the industrial age,
was developed with a factory model in mind.
Despite significant advances, very little has changed.
I've spent the last twenty years as an educato