Growing up, Reid was confused and disturbed by the radically different opportunities his best friend received. After a childhood spent together, Jamie and Reid found themselves on opposite sides of a high school hallway that separated kids based on a misunderstanding of their supposed potential. The gap between the two friends widened as Reid s classes enabled him to pursue an elite college degree across the country studying educational opportunity and teaching.
Then, Reid became a teacher at an under-resourced South Carolina high school where efforts to serve the incredible students were stymied by internal segregation and administrative ambivalence. He was disabused of the Hollywood myth that a good teacher could simply save the day, when each false start with his students forced him to reckon with how much he didn t know. After Reid assigned students a project to create a positive change, they pushed him to figure out how he, too, could make a bigger difference.
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The Paducah Independent School District held their regular board meeting on Monday. The board discussed the steady Enrollment of African American and underrepresented groups in the Advanced Placement (AP) courses.
The Paducah Independent School District held its regular board meeting on Monday, and officials discussed the enrollment of African-American and underrepresented groups in Advanced Placement courses. The school aims to
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A week from Tuesday is the first day of class for Columbia Public Schools, and district leaders have designed a plan to improve the needs of the