I’m a teacher. And teachers and professors and education support staff have a simple belief; a faith that education is a basic human and civil right. It’s tattooed on our DNA. It’s how we breathe in. It’s what we breathe out.
It’s why I am so proud to be a part of the . It’s why thousands and thousands of teacher are teaching a special lesson this week. We are telling our students that something they often take for granted is a luxury beyond imagination to 72 million children in other countries.
72 million children do not have the opportunity – some of them do not have the right – to attend a public school.