Exceptional Educators for Equity at GWU

Still working on credo additions. Thanks so much for your help. What do you think of these? Which ones do you like?

Relevance makes rigor possible. – Bill Daggett

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. – Maya Angelou

If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn – Ignacio Estrada

Good instruction should be student-centered and student-centered is being culturally responsive and being anti-racist. -Dena Simmons

The most valuable resource that all teachers have is each other. Without collaboration, our growth is limited to our own perspectives. – Robert John Meehan

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.- Nelson Mandela

The purpose of education... is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions. - James Baldwin

One of the most difficult things is not to change society — but to change yourself. Nelson Mandela

Hang in there!

Who remembers the CREDO? We are looking at "retiring" a few credo and adding some more. Does anyone have a credo to add to the list?

So, GWU EBD is back! For all of those wonderful graduates out there, we want to connect. It took us a while to get ourselves together but now we are on the move and back in action.

We have a new name, Exceptional Educators for Equity (the triple E) but you'll still find the same philosophy (plus some new well-being and cultural responsiveness themes). Our faculty are Dr. Karen Ihrig, Dr. Beth Tuckwiller, Dr. Doran Gresham, and me!

We also have wonderful staff members and soon to be doctors: Susan Jaffe and Emily Baker working with us.

Get ready to hear more. We are going to add some new credo and need your help.

I can't believe I have been at GWU since 1995. My proudest moments are seeing and hearing about how the GWU grads are helping change the world.

Stay tuned!!!!!!

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