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In this visionary book, written by six internationally recognized
Global Teacher Prize finalists, the authors create a positive and
hope-filled template for the future of education. They address the
hard moral, ethical and pedagogical questions facing education
today so that progress can serve society, rather than destroying it
from within our classrooms. This blueprint for education finally
brings forward what has always been missing in education reform: a
strong collective narrative with authentic examples from teachers
on the front line. It is a holistic, personalized approach to
education that harnesses the disruptions of the Fourth Industrial
Revolution to better shape the future for the next generation, and
ensure that every child can benefit from the ongoing
transformations. A great read for anyone who has an interest in
educating our youth for these uncertain times, highlighting why
teachers will always matter.
In this visionary book, written by six internationally recognized
Global Teacher Prize finalists, the authors create a positive and
hope-filled template for the future of education. They address the
hard moral, ethical and pedagogical questions facing education
today so that progress can serve society, rather than destroying it
from within our classrooms. This blueprint for education finally
brings forward what has always been missing in education reform: a
strong collective narrative with authentic examples from teachers
on the front line. It is a holistic, personalized approach to
education that harnesses the disruptions of the Fourth Industrial
Revolution to better shape the future for the next generation, and
ensure that every child can benefit from the ongoing
transformations. A great read for anyone who has an interest in
educating our youth for these uncertain times, highlighting why
teachers will always matter.
Be inspired by the magnetic young principal who "stands on the
front line of the fight to educate America's children." (Brandon
Stanton, author of Humans of New York ) and the book that Essence
calls "Essential reading." In 2010, Nadia Lopez started her
middle-grade public school, Mott Hall Bridges Academy, in one of
America's poorest communities, in a record heat wave-and crime
wave. Everything was an uphill battle-to get the school approved,
to recruit faculty and students, to solve a million new problems
every day, from violent crime to vanishing supplies-but Lopez was
determined to break the downward spiral that had trapped too many
inner-city children. The lessons came fast: unengaged teachers,
wayward students, and the educational system itself, rarely in tune
with the already disadvantaged and underprepared. Things were at a
low ebb for everyone when one of her students told a photographer
that his principal, "Ms. Lopez," was the person who most influenced
his life. The posting on Brandon Stanton's Humans of New York site
was the pebble that started a lucky landslide for Lopez and her
team. Lopez found herself in the national spotlight and headed for
a meeting with President Obama, as well as the beneficiary of a
million-dollar campaign for the school, to fund her next dream: a
field trip for her students to visit another school-Harvard. The
Bridge to Brilliance is a book filled with common sense and caring
that will carry her message to communities and classrooms far from
Brooklyn. As she says, modestly, "There are hundreds of Ms. Lopezes
around this country doing good work for kids. This honors all of
them."
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