“Mindset changes are not happening from change in legislation. Like desegregation. We legally got rid of legal segregation, but schools are still segregated. You can demand people have better math understanding, but it depends how you interpret math understanding, and what you want it for, and if you think everybody can and should have that.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantShouldStillsSchoolUnderstandingDependsDemandHappeningsShould HaveMindsetMathWhat You WantLegislationSegregation Author:Deborah Meier
“There's a radical - and wonderful - new idea here... that all children could and should be inventors of their own theories, critics of other people's ideas, analyzers of evidence, and makers of their own personal marks on the world. Its an idea with revolutionary implications. If we take it seriously.” PeopleIfsWorldShouldChildrenIdeasWonderfulYouthTheoryEvidenceMarkCriticsRadicalRevolutionaryMakersNew IdeasInvolvementInventorImplications Book:The Power of Their Ideas: Lessons for America from a Small School in Harlem Source: The Power of Their Ideas: Lessons for America from a Small School in Harlem