“I gotta work my mind.”
Juan, a ninth grader from San Francisco, is reading Street Life: Poverty, Gangs, and a Ph.D., a memoir by Dr. Victor Rios (and a generous gift from Dave in Oak...
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The two things I try to teach my students
I teach my students lots of stuff — how to write clearly, how to read closely, and how to care about their world. But this year, here are the two most im...
First, it was grit. Now, it’s urgency.
A few months ago, I read a New York Times article about character education and got excited about teaching my students about the importance of grit. I think my...