(1/6) “My mom taught for 30 years. And after I went to grad school she said, ‘Why don't you get some experience in the city schools?’ I did it, and I haven't left. You get really attached to the work and the students, especially once you see them...” 
(2/6) “I hope people can better understand the commitment that teachers have in each of those areas that they're called on: from social work, to social-emotional learning and mental health care, to everything outside of that textbook...”
(3/6) “We had a student who’d never done theater before. She was very quiet. She kept to herself a lot. And we are at the point where we assume every child that comes in has experienced some level of trauma. She had hers, without going into detail. But for the most part...”
(4/6) “We’ve got to pay teachers what they're worth. There's this constant tug-of-war that's going on. We give money to so many other priorities in society. If we prioritize the health of children and we prioritize their education, I think we have to give directly to teachers...”
(5/6) “Our kids are always on our minds. That's a common concern among teachers in the summertime, depending on where you teach: are my students going to make it to next year? There’s the weight of it all. Just like a doctor goes home and may have lost somebody...”
(6/6) “History gives us a lot. Its purpose is to inform us of things that inevitably come up again. When I think of the toughest challenges in our history, we've only been able to get past them because people didn't give up hope. It's not a matter of ‘we don't know'...”
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
