Birth: August 13, 1950
Rich kids work hard. Most black kids aren't working hard enough..
I guarantee the people who study are going to be successful. Nothing can replace hard work..
Most people don't realize that it's not just minorities who don't do well in science and engineering - quite frankly, you're talking about Americans..
I wanted to find ways for colleges and universities to become involved with public schools to help young people prepare for college..
I began to understand the challenges that first-generation college students and students of color have in college..
Computer games tend to be boys' games, warlike games with more violence. We have not spent enough time thinking through how to encourage more girls t….
In life sciences, we find a reasonable balance between men and women. In engineering and computer science, we have a major problem. A very small perc….
It is exciting to work with students thinking about issues of the day, from closing the achievement gap to finding a cure for cancer..
When you give of yourself, it's draining..
There is something exciting about being in an environment in which it's really cool to be smart..
My mother was an English teacher who decided to become a math teacher, and she used me as a guinea pig at home. My father had been a math teacher and….
It is part of the work of education to have substantive relationships with your students..
Mann There are two kinds of people: those who GIVE energy and those who DRAIN energy..