A reporter asked why I haven’t left the classroom. “You run a multi-million-dollar foundation,” she said.
“I’m a teacher,” I answered. “If I stop teaching, our priorities drift. Education funding must stay anchored to kids and the people in front of them.”
Last week, a former student — a boy who once cried over consonant blends — ran down the hallway waving a chapter book. “I’m in the advanced reading group!” he shouted. That feeling beats any chandelier in any ballroom.
The lesson I needed most
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