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Teaching in Providence and Oakland, I realized that the first thing is that it wasn't good enough to come in and assume that I had what my students needed in terms of knowledge and skills. I also had to show them that I was their ally. I had to show them that I was concerned about them, wanted to relate to them, and that I was fundamentally on their side.

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New York rushed to get students into early childhood programs, but the research is clear that it has to be high quality. What we are giving poor kids…

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We need to create schools that are organized to meet the needs of the kids they serve instead of what we've been doing. We expect kids to adjust to t…

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It's been a struggling school for many, many years, and [that's] not surprising since it's serving some of the most disadvantaged kids in the city. I…

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If students don't think that you care and can relate, especially as they get older, they tune you out. I didn't get it in my classes at the graduate …

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You don't see a positive culture, stability among teachers, or leadership. We don't focus enough in our policies on creating conditions to educating …

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Middle-class kids get to play, develop their thinking ability. Poor kids are much more likely to get regimentation under the guise of socialization. …

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All kids are different, even when they come from you and theoretically have the same culture. Some of my kids had been more outgoing and had an easy …

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Most departments of education are set up largely to regulate schools and hold them in compliance. They don't really help schools. When a school is st…

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Boys are still led to believe that power is associated with domination.

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