Get to Know a School Leader: Deanna Reddick
By Deanna Reddick
You’ve been an educator for 20 years, but you were a lawyer before that. What brought you to education? I graduated from law school and …
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You’ve been an educator for 20 years, but you were a lawyer before that. What brought you to education? I graduated from law school and …
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For 24 years, I have been a teacher here in my home city of New Orleans. The last twelve of those years have been at …
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Last month, New York Times reporter David Leonhardt wrote about New Orleans’ Public Schools, and the experience of a changing education system that many of my peers …
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Ever since I was a girl, growing up on Terry Street in Algiers, I knew I wanted to be a teacher. I gathered my younger …
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When I was a freshman at Dillard University, I wanted to be a dentist. I was lucky to have instructors who were strong role models …
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In May of 1963, in my home state of Alabama, young people became increasingly active participants in the movement for civil rights. Thousands joined the …
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