My own faith was nurtured by my grandmother and her clinging deeply to her faith when she was dying a painful and slow death from cancer. Geoffrey Canada cancerclingdeath Change image and share on social
Kids who are poor often have families that have not really been kept informed about... how important it is to read to your child, to reduce stresses in their life, to use positive incentives and words. Geoffrey Canada childfamilyimportant share on social
You grow up in America and you're told from day one, 'This is the land of opportunity.' That everybody has an equal chance to make it in this country. And then you look at places like Harlem, and you say, 'That is absolutely a lie.' Geoffrey Canada absolutelyamericachance share on social
At a school in Massachusetts where I once worked, we managed early on through consensus. Which sounds wonderful, but it was just a very, very difficult way to sort of manage anything, because convincing everybody to do one particular thing, especially if it was hard, was almost impossible. Geoffrey Canada consensusconvincedifficult share on social
People don't believe or understand that a community can lose hope. You can have a whole community where hopelessness is the norm, where folks don't have faith that things will get better because history and circumstances have proven over 30, 40, or 50 years that things don't get better. Geoffrey Canada circumstancecommunityfaith share on social
When I began working in not-for-profits, it was taking a vow of poverty, which eliminated huge numbers of folks. Geoffrey Canada begineliminatefolk Change image and share on social
My contract with my teachers is fair, and is two pages. The union contract is 200 pages. You cannot manage your business when you cannot make any decision without going back to 200 pages worth of stuff. Geoffrey Canada backbusinesscontract share on social
Education is the only billion dollar industry that tolerates abject failure. Geoffrey Canada abjectbilliondollar Change image and share on social
There's not a day that goes by that I don't draw on my undergraduate background in psychology. Geoffrey Canada backgrounddaydraw Change image and share on social
Teachers need to be paid like professionals. Geoffrey Canada payprofessionalteacher Change image and share on social