“Not alot of schools accept the fact that students are gay”
Degora Anderson and Julissa Lopez are students at Vanguard High School in New York City.
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“Be the rhetorical leader for education”
Arthur Levine is President of The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.
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“Re-think the achievement gap”
Robert Fried is associate professor of education at Northeastern University in Boston, and works with teachers and parents in schools around the country. He also the author of The Passionate Teacher: A Practical Guide.
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“Those teachers that do care about us and inspire us, they deserve a raise”
Evelyn Santiago and Umelkhair Maisah are students at Vanguard High School in New York City.
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“The situation for our students is particularly urgent”
William Schmidt is a University Distinguished Professor and currently co-director of the Education Policy Center at Michigan State University.
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“Issue a clarion call to the young people in this nation to become teachers”
Dr. Ernie Fleishman is the Senior Vice President, Education and Corporate Relations for Scholastic, the global children’s publishing and media company.
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“Encourage the replication of outstanding district and charter schools throughout the United States”
Joe Nathan directs the Center for School Change, which seeks to help transform public education and to produce significant improvements in student achievement.
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“Work on the younger people because that’s the next generation”
Kaylin Nazario and TJ Singletary are students at Vanguard High School in New York City.
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“The next president must take a leadership role in setting national educational standards”
Beverly Hall is the Superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools.
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“A common language on what excellent teaching and learning looks like”
Mike Feinberg is Co-Founder of the KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) Foundation and the Superintendent of KIPP Houston.
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