I had the privilege of seeing Asenath Andrews speak this year at #SXSWedu in Austin Texas. She is an inspiration and an ongoing reminder that all children should have the opportunity to succeed. Watch the video and/or scroll down to see some of the nuggets I tweeted during her speech.
Keynote: Asenath Andrews – SXSWedu 2013 from SXSWedu on Vimeo.
“You’ve got to be willing to try because what we’re doing now isn’t working” @schoollady1 #SXSWedu
— Ethan Demme (@ethand) March 5, 2013
“You cannot learn everything you need to learn in a school building” @schoollady1 #SXSWedu
— Ethan Demme (@ethand) March 5, 2013
I regret lowering the standards because the teachers complained @schoollady1#SXSWedu
— Ethan Demme (@ethand) March 5, 2013
Asenath Andrews: “people are talking about how innovative our school is…at the time, it just seemed like sensible things to do” #sxswedu
— Joseph Riddle (@joseph_riddle) March 5, 2013
Keynote with @schoollady1 a truly amazing story #SXSWedu twitter.com/ethand/status/…
— Ethan Demme (@ethand) March 5, 2013