Joe Stanislao and I attended the Conference this year to help us better understand the mystical universe of Title 1 and NCLB. We had the opportunity to hear Samuel Betances speak. I was impressed. Below are some quotes I jotted down:
"Don't fail students for not knowing what they haven't been taught."
"If [a person] can't be good at being good, [he or she will] be good at being bad, because you've got to be good at something."
"Words are noises that are pregnant with meaning."
"Parents can't give what they don't have...there is no one that can help at home....kids need coaches and mentors because parents cannot give them what they don't have."
"Imagine that for every student you received in your class, that was not at grade level at the beginning of the year, you'd receive $15,000, if you got them there by the end of the year."
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