Christopher Emdin may be an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology at Teachers College, Columbia University, but he took educators to church during his AFT TEACH plenary speech on Friday morning, delivering a fiery speech that gave his audience insight into how they could best reach all of their students.
When he got the invitation to speak at TEACH, Emdin, the bestselling author of For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood … and the Rest of Y’all Too, says he debated how to frame his speech. Ultimately Emdin decided to focus on why educators are not reaching all students.
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