Lessons LearnedAn Edify stories featuring personal stories of educationHow Racial Tensions At School Helped This Student Discover The Power Of Her VoiceMeggie Noel reflects on her struggles -- and triumphs -- at Boston Latin School at a time when racial tensions were heightened across the U.S. and inside her prestigious exam...PlayEdify05:13Nov 4, 2019'The World Is Open To Me Now': A Scientist With Dyslexia On How Learning To Read Changed Her LifeIn first grade, Catherine Drennan hit a major stumbling block. Drennan couldn't make sense of books. She was later diagnosed with dyslexia. Finding a way to decode text opened new...PlayEdify04:37Sep 30, 2019How A Poor School District Provided This Student The Resources He Needed The MostWhile money can buy a school things like computers and new facilities, David Jones says an experience in elementary school taught him that not all the necessary resources can be...PlayEdify05:13Aug 26, 2019'I Lived Through These Characters': An English Teacher's Life-Changing Impact On A StudentReading and a chance encounter with a former English teacher helped Dan Wise through what he called the scariest time in his life.PlayEdify06:08Jul 29, 2019'Like Going To Church': How A Boston Chef Found School Success Through FoodJamie Bissonnette describes himself as a late bloomer. Today he is the chef-partner of well-known area restaurants. But his road to success wasn’t always straightforward.PlayEdify03:50Jun 24, 2019How A Disruptive Student Taught His Teacher Patience And PerseveranceAdam Stumacher struggled to connect with a student who went to great lengths to disrupt his English as a second language class. Until they bonded over music.PlayEdify07:00May 27, 2019A First-Year Teacher Clashed With A Student. Then She Learned Where He Was Coming FromA clash between a first-year teacher and a student leads both to learn how their perspectives shape their interactions.PlayEdify05:16Apr 22, 2019How Struggling Through Calculus Taught This UMass Professor To Push Her LimitsWhen Catherine McCusker was 17, she had her sights set on art school. Then she bumped into math teacher Jamil Siddiqui. PlayEdify05:16Mar 25, 2019'I'm Tired Of Justifying My Admissions Letter To People'Anthony Jack's path from Miami to Harvard has been dotted with people who questioned whether his successes were solely a result of affirmative action policies, rather than hard work. Here's...PlayEdify05:43Feb 25, 2019Education As A Way To Find Freedom In PrisonMeet José Bou, who went from solitary confinement to college professor and youth mentor.PlayEdify04:36Jan 28, 2019Lessons Learned: Personal Stories Of EducationEdify brings you a new series of stories of change in education. Send us your stories and then check them out.EdifyJan 17, 2019
How Racial Tensions At School Helped This Student Discover The Power Of Her VoiceMeggie Noel reflects on her struggles -- and triumphs -- at Boston Latin School at a time when racial tensions were heightened across the U.S. and inside her prestigious exam...PlayEdify05:13Nov 4, 2019
'The World Is Open To Me Now': A Scientist With Dyslexia On How Learning To Read Changed Her LifeIn first grade, Catherine Drennan hit a major stumbling block. Drennan couldn't make sense of books. She was later diagnosed with dyslexia. Finding a way to decode text opened new...PlayEdify04:37Sep 30, 2019
How A Poor School District Provided This Student The Resources He Needed The MostWhile money can buy a school things like computers and new facilities, David Jones says an experience in elementary school taught him that not all the necessary resources can be...PlayEdify05:13Aug 26, 2019
'I Lived Through These Characters': An English Teacher's Life-Changing Impact On A StudentReading and a chance encounter with a former English teacher helped Dan Wise through what he called the scariest time in his life.PlayEdify06:08Jul 29, 2019
'Like Going To Church': How A Boston Chef Found School Success Through FoodJamie Bissonnette describes himself as a late bloomer. Today he is the chef-partner of well-known area restaurants. But his road to success wasn’t always straightforward.PlayEdify03:50Jun 24, 2019
How A Disruptive Student Taught His Teacher Patience And PerseveranceAdam Stumacher struggled to connect with a student who went to great lengths to disrupt his English as a second language class. Until they bonded over music.PlayEdify07:00May 27, 2019
A First-Year Teacher Clashed With A Student. Then She Learned Where He Was Coming FromA clash between a first-year teacher and a student leads both to learn how their perspectives shape their interactions.PlayEdify05:16Apr 22, 2019
How Struggling Through Calculus Taught This UMass Professor To Push Her LimitsWhen Catherine McCusker was 17, she had her sights set on art school. Then she bumped into math teacher Jamil Siddiqui. PlayEdify05:16Mar 25, 2019
'I'm Tired Of Justifying My Admissions Letter To People'Anthony Jack's path from Miami to Harvard has been dotted with people who questioned whether his successes were solely a result of affirmative action policies, rather than hard work. Here's...PlayEdify05:43Feb 25, 2019
Education As A Way To Find Freedom In PrisonMeet José Bou, who went from solitary confinement to college professor and youth mentor.PlayEdify04:36Jan 28, 2019
Lessons Learned: Personal Stories Of EducationEdify brings you a new series of stories of change in education. Send us your stories and then check them out.EdifyJan 17, 2019
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