Word: duncan
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Drawing on rapper Tupac Shakur’s trademark analogy of “the rose that grows from concrete,” keynote speaker Duncan-Andrade told a full house of GSE affiliates during the annual Alumni Of Color Conference about his path from East Oakland to Berkeley—and why he returned to “reinsert” himself “in the concrete” of his old neighborhood...
...Duncan-Andrade, an assistant professor of education administration at San Francisco State University, said he has driven students home so that they would not have to cross gang lines. He has also offered his lunch and bus fares to students, he said...
...criticism pointed directly at Secretary Duncan’s earlier speech, Duncan-Andrade said that until basic human needs are met in underprivileged neighborhoods, the achievement gap will never be closed...
...have to be committed to understanding the level of suffering our students have experienced before they enter our classrooms,” Duncan-Andrade said...
...called for teachers to be “healers” in the classroom. Instead of “punching kids out” when they misbehave, educators should instead focus on providing a nurturing environment for students who live in the midst of gunfire, Duncan said...