To you. [applause] thank you very much. It must begin by apologizing for holding you up from a 20 minutes. Now that no work is revitalizing traffic at this time is impossible but thats a good thing i think so while i apologize im also happy that i got caught up in the works overflow traffic tonight. Its my role to lay out the ground rules for our conversation. We will begin with the author Dale Russakoff making a presentation. She will then be followed by the three panelists who have joined us to an affect react comments on what dale has written and what she will say to us tonight. Dales comments will be about 15 minutes. That means that panelists will each get about 10 minutes to respond. Is that all right panel . Again have ongoing conversation after those initial remarks have been made. After they have made their presentations then we will open the floor for comments, questions from the audience and i think we have a microphone here. We may have another mic somewhere in the room but
Im so thrilled to see all of you here in centennial hall. Also id like to welcome all of the people in the overflow area which is in the back of the second floor. And if any of you get tired of standing, there are seats Still Available there. Actually, i am just absolutely thrilled that Dale Russakoff chose the Newark Public Library to launch her brand new book, her muchanticipated, her absolutely fascinating, brand new book, the prize, with the subtitle, whos in charge of americas schools. This is the very first event that she will be doing. Shell be doing a series of programs and interviews as she travels across the country to introduce her book to the public, so we are really honored to be the first. And were also honored to be the venue where an extremely Important Community conversation will be taking place tonight. After all, a Critical Role of libraries as you know is to invite Community Members to engage in discussions of important issues to that community. There is no doubt in
Because we have been locked out. But my question is with teach for america, to me its kind of a peace corps kind of a project because we get all these 22yearolds that really dont get it, and our kids are under [applause] to where it doesnt even matter anymore because they didnt [inaudible] or they were slouching. And a lot of teachers who are seasoned and [inaudible] yes. You mentioned the services that arent there. The social workers and the tutors and the seasoned teachers that understand the children and where theyre coming from. So my question is to you is teach for america, how can that change so that they are benefiting the children and the children just dont feel hopeless and be helpless and helpless . And they are a big part they have no choice because theyre shut down. All right, thank you. Ryan, why dont you give a shout out on that one. When i was a 21yearold teach for america teacher in new york, i definitely did not have a clue, so youre right about that. [laughter] and it
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