Check out this video of Jeffrey Duncan-Andrade giving a keynote presentation at Harvard School of Education this last April. It is a very inspiring video to watch if you are an educator. Skip the first 12 minutes or so as they are having technical difficulties and he doesn't actually start his presentation until after that. He speaks a lot about social toxins...racism, patriarchy, poverty amongst so much wealth, sexism, violence, trauma, etc. that get in the way of a young person's ability to learn. He is asking educators to quit focusing on the dysfunction, low test scores etc. of these students and rather focus on how...despite the "concrete" / social toxins, these young people still come to school to "reach for the sun". He also problematizes Obama's use of the word "Hope" and reframes it in a way that serves the lives of people who need hope the most. It is a beautiful presentation and definitely worth the two hours it will take to watch it.
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