5. Rita Pierson: Every Kid Needs a Champion

Rita Pierson, an educator since 1972, once heard a colleague say, “They don’t pay me to like the kids.” Her response: “Kids don’t learn from people they don’t like.” This TED talk is a rousing call to educators to not only believe in their students, but to actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.

 

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