magnate school in chicago to the south side of the city. it was for so many of us, it was transformational in terms of our life trajectories and mobility. here is the thing. nobody under 40 actually knows what that means. what does bussing mean? what does voluntary or forced or mandated desegregation mean? so it s interesting that it s now back center, right in the center of the democratic debate. it s fascinating. it is i think about and aimee said this, this is how social movements have changed the nature of the democratic party. there has been a racial justice movement, right, the movement for black lives that many people say it s just focus on criminal justice, but it s put other issues of race front and center. and that was an interesting addition to the conversation about racial justice, around school segregation or schools have been resegregated. so there is a whole new conversation we re to be have is what is our commitment to desegregated schools. thank you. it is easier
played monopoly and loved drive-in movies. but the emphasis in the household was on education. michelle excelled from the start. she learned to read by the age of 4, and skipped second grade. she would have not gotten into my class if she wouldn t have been able to perform. she said she attributes that back to her parents, even though they were not college educated. she was very well grounded. i believe it speaks very well of her family life. do you tell them i was the first lady s teacher? i tell everybody. are you kidding? i tell everybody. melanie was michelle s high school biology teacher at whitney young high, chicago s first magnate school. i think that her mother and her father believed that this was the place where michelle could blossom. she was on the national honor s society, she was class officer, she had the record to get into
drive-in movies. but the emphasis in the household was on education. michelle excelled from the start. she learned to read by the age of 4, and skipped second grade. she would have not gotten into my class if she wouldn t have been able to perform. she said she attributes that back to her parents, even though they were not college educated. she was very well grounded. i believe it speaks very well of her family life. do you tell them i was the first lady s teacher? i tell everybody. are you kidding? i tell everybody. melanie was michelle s high school biology teacher at whitney young high, chicago s first magnate school. i think that her mother and her father believed that this was the place where michelle could blossom. she was on the national honor s society, she was class officer, she had the record to get into advanced placement classes. that s not an easy thing.
he is french and chinese but he decided to check the caucasian box on his ivy league application to. this is what he did, he reported being asian. are a lot of kids gaming the system, i guess learning early on that they have to leverage their ethnicity to get the best outcome? well, race as a combination has split between generations. those 40 and over, race seems to be a static concept. those younger seem they have a better understanding of what race can mean functionally. i ll give you an example. at our school, we are a magnate school. there are times when families will say it s right. i have families say my kid is going to be white to get into capital prep and black to get into college. it s a conversation that we have all over the country. now we have a president who is black and whose mother is white like me.
that we will see more success with students as well. has parent involvement gotten better? rahm emanuel is battling the teachers union on extending school hours but he says that parents have to take more responsibility for their kids. i think that true. moo my career, the times where where the parents are more involved i have seen more success. i think is it also on the teach and the school to build a collaborative relationship. the parents need to reach out to the school and schools and communities need to find ways to reach out to the parents and making it accessible for them to come in making it comfortable. our school has something as simple as coffee and tea in the morning so parents can have a conversation. we do translation services for parents who need translation