the new american dream
Planting Seeds is a website about my experience as an advocate for the small humans of our world. A garden is a beautiful natural metaphor for the development of children. My mission is not only to plant and nurture children's seeds, but to teach children how to nurture themselves--how to grow and to let them know that they can.
I believe that any child born into this world deserves to know that he or she is free. She deserves to know that she is not bound by geography, or by race, creed or ethnicity; not by the income of her parents, or by disease or disorder; and not by her sex or sexual orientation.
Education waters the seeds of the future. I believe that teachers have the greatest opportunity to contribute to the liberation of those who are currently bound by these realities. And I want to be part of the mission to ensure that all children in this country receive quality, liberating education.
This is the New American Dream: to confront the social ills that plague this nation and to establish, once and for all, that we indeed own the values we tout. Freedom and liberty are moot without equality.
On this webpage, you will find my stories as a Teach for America corps member, relevant research about and links to the achievement gap in the American public education system, and much more. I hope that you will see that the fight for equal access to quality education is critical to the health of this nation and world.
This is my American Dream.
I believe that any child born into this world deserves to know that he or she is free. She deserves to know that she is not bound by geography, or by race, creed or ethnicity; not by the income of her parents, or by disease or disorder; and not by her sex or sexual orientation.
Education waters the seeds of the future. I believe that teachers have the greatest opportunity to contribute to the liberation of those who are currently bound by these realities. And I want to be part of the mission to ensure that all children in this country receive quality, liberating education.
This is the New American Dream: to confront the social ills that plague this nation and to establish, once and for all, that we indeed own the values we tout. Freedom and liberty are moot without equality.
On this webpage, you will find my stories as a Teach for America corps member, relevant research about and links to the achievement gap in the American public education system, and much more. I hope that you will see that the fight for equal access to quality education is critical to the health of this nation and world.
This is my American Dream.