Every kid needs a champion | Rita Pierson
Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, "They don't pay me to like the kids." Her response: "Kids don't learn from people they don't like.'" A rousing call to educators...
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Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton BastI have spent my entire lifeeither at the schoolhouse, on the way to the schoolhouse,or talking about what happens in the schoolhouse.(Laughter)Both my parents were educators,my maternal grandparents were educators,and for the past 40 years, I've done the same thing.And so, needless to say, over those yearsI've had a chance to look at education reformfrom a lot of perspectives.Some of those reforms have been good.Some of them have been not so good.And we know why kids drop out.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 discussor we rarely discussis the value and importance of human connection.Re...
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Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton BastI have spent my entire lifeeither at the schoolhouse, on the way to the schoolhouse,or talking about what happens in the schoolhouse.(Laughter)Both my parents were educators,my maternal grandparents were educators,and for the past 40 years, I've done the same thing.And so, needless to say, over those yearsI've had a chance to look at education reformfrom a lot of perspectives.Some of those reforms have been good.Some of them have been not so good.And we know why kids drop out.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 discussor we rarely discussis the value and importance of human connection.Re...
