“Dynamic.” — Yua Lee

Principal, Vang Pao Elementary School in Fresno, describing teachers in the district’s Hmong Dual Language Immersion Program, who must prepare students for statewide testing in English language arts and math while also teaching them in Hmong in an effort to preserve the “dying” language and culture. (EdSource, Feb. 13, 2023)

“We serve as the heart of the town, and if the schools go, the town will go completely.” — Anmarie Swanstrom

Superintendent, Mountain Valley USD, in a story about the looming fiscal cliff rural California school districts face if Congress does not renew the Secure Rural Schools Act. (Los Angeles Times, Feb. 22, 2023)

“The impact I hope to have on the teachers that I train is just to show them that collaboration is important.” — Mia Young-Adeyeba

Instructional Coach, Alexander Hamilton High School, who was profiled in the LAUSD Champion series for her work, which includes co-creating a Facebook group for distance learning educators that grew to 25,000 members worldwide during the pandemic. (LAUSD website, Feb. 24, 2023)