I heard Jeffrey Duncan Andrade give the keynote at the 2023 CEEDAR Convening in San Francisco - a talk very similar to this one - and I knew I was in the presence of greatness! If you teach in an urban area (or you don’t) - this is full of insights for effective systems change, program building, and daily educational practice. It’s a long one, but worth the time. The struggle is real! -ag

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 to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.