The Bridge to Brilliance: How One Principal in a Tough Community Is Inspiring the World
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (764 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1101980257 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Heroine's Tale Karen Hay Kenah A really thought-provoking book about the struggles that families have to get their children educated in "under-served" communities, and about the truly heroic energy Nadia Lopez puts into her work!. "Five Stars" according to Sylvia Choi. Simply loved the book. I hope there are more passionate educators like Ms. Lopez. :). Bought it for a teacher and she loved it. E. Adams Straight talk from a dedicated principal. Bought it for a teacher and she loved it.
We should all be committed to living Nadia’s legacy. Johns, Executive Director, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans"For anyone in education who thinks a student is beyond learning, Lopez's story will prove them wrong. “The story of Mott Hall Bridges Academy is the story of American education. She founded a school to strengthen a community and our country what will you do?”David J. Nadia Lopez tands on the front line of the fight to educate America’s children." —Brandon Stanton, author of Humans of New York"Essentialthe key to academic excellence begins with an open mind." -- Essence"A valuable depiction of what it takes for principals and teachers to reach children in the most troubled communitieswil
. Since being featured on Humans of New York in February of 2015, she has been profiled in countless national media outlets, has been invited to speak at Harvard, and was invited to the White House, and delivered a TED Talk on the “Revolution of Education.” She is the recipient of the 2015 Black Girls Rock Change Agent Award and the 2015 Barnard College Medal of Distinction Awardee.
The lessons came fast: unengaged teachers, wayward students, and the educational system itself, rarely in tune with the already disadvantaged and underprepared. The Bridge to Brilliance is a book filled with common sense and caring that will carry her message to communities and classrooms far from Brooklyn. Everything was an uphill battle—to get the school approved, to recruit faculty and students, to solve a million new problems every day, from violent crime to vanishing supplies—but Lopez was determined to break the downward spiral that had trapped too many inner-city children. Lopez,” was the person who most infl