3 Matching Annotations
- Dec 2023
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What the research I’ve described here makes clear, I hope, is that the trajectory that children’s lives follow can sometimes be redirected by things that might at first seem, to the adults in their lives, to be small and insignificant. The tone of a parent’s voice. The words a teacher writes on a Post-it note. The way a math class is organized. The extra time that a mentor or a coach takes to listen to a child facing a challenge. Those personal actions can create powerful changes, and those individual changes can resonate on a national scale.
This is a great argument for the importance of a teacher's work. Through small acts, they can make a profound difference.
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“Deeper learning has historically been the province of the advantaged — those who could afford to send their children to the best private schools and to live in the most desirable school districts,”
This reminds me of the John Dewey quote: "What the best and wisest parent wants for his child, that must we want for all the children of the community. Anything less is unlovely, and left unchecked, destroys our democracy.”
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22. Deeper Learning
I appreciate how helping children succeeding is encouraging us to think about providing more engaging learning opportunities.
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