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I Am Lily, and this is my voice

I’ve been told I should write a “Hi-I’m-Lily-And-Here’s-Why-I’m-Writing-A-Blog” introduction. This is a dangerous assignment.

So I’ll just cut to the chase. I’m blogging because I love to hear the sound of my own voice. It’s a great voice. And I wisely agree with practically everything I have to say and everything I have to say is substantiated by my own opinions.

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I have a lot of opinions about teaching. And learning. And even more about what is Not teaching and what is Not learning. And I’m never shy about sharing, except that it’s frustrating if I’m limited to sharing with the people for whom I am cooking dinner.

And you might never make it to a conference where I am the speaker (I am very, very popular on the education speaking circuit because I am very, very free).

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Public Education is Key to Latino Success

The face of America is changing…But one thing will not change. It hasn’t changed for over 200 years. Public education will continue to be the key—la llave a la puerta de la oportunidad. Everything hinges on public education because NEA’s mission is to take all children, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, gender, income, language, skills or ability or disability; we take all children and give them the keys to the doors they might want to open.

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