Urban education

Every so often, something comes across the transom that reminds us of the potentials and wonders of urban education. This one is from New York City:

Nothing could dim the fact that those kids were all colors and creeds, all jazzed about their schools. And the schools looked ready to launch them on the right path.

Read it. Good stuff.

I was at North High today for a visit, and I was, as I always am, amazed at the huge variety of kids we're educating every day. Sure, there are kids that look like and have been raised like mine: white, middle-class, Worcester girls. And then there are the boys I met in the office from Kenya, talking about their first snowball fight.
Amazing, really.