Building Adolescent Literacy in Today's English Classrooms Quotes

“I will believe in students' competence and intelligence. I will keep faith...that they have stories to tell, things to explain, and the language with which to do those things. I will reject any notion that places in my mind a belief in students' deficits -- whether those deficits be genetic, cultural, or behavioral. I will treat them as people who can get important things done for important reasons.”
― Randy Bomer, Building Adolescent Literacy in Today's English Classrooms