This talk was part of a daylong program, BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A PARADIGM?
Conceived under a TEDx license as inspiration to change our fundamental value system to where mutual concern, as one humanity, becomes our new worldview, it ultimately was presented under the auspice of Suzanne Taylor’s Mighty Companions non-profit foundation.
Jayde Lovell, host of SciQ, sits down with Paul F. Cummins. Paul is a man who had led his life focused on not just the ONE NATION OF AMERICA but on what he views as THE TWO AMERICAS when it comes to education. In fact, that is the title of his 2006 box — Two Americas, Two Educations. He has spent his entire life addressing this core problem of why can’t we offer a single, high quality education for children in America. Some would say “that’s just how it is.” Paul would say it doesn’t have to be that way.
Wilson and Ava seize the opportunity to ask one of California’s most innovative educators about school, poetry, and what it means to be human.