{"id":67609,"date":"2019-07-05T09:29:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T13:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=67609"},"modified":"2019-07-05T11:07:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T15:07:14","slug":"meet-anthony-johnson-teacher-of-the-year-rebel-mayor-high-school-dropout-leong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2019\/07\/05\/meet-anthony-johnson-teacher-of-the-year-rebel-mayor-high-school-dropout-leong\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Anthony Johnson: Teacher of the Year. Rebel \u2018Mayor.\u2019 High School Dropout. [Leong]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/news\/2019-07-02-meet-anthony-johnson-teacher-of-the-year-rebel-mayor-high-school-drop-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Meet Anthony Johnson: Teacher of the Year. Rebel \u2018Mayor.\u2019 High School Dropout.<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from edsurge.com by Kristin Leong<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Anthony\u2019s classroom is as much an invitation to his students to take ownership of their learning as it is a rebellion against the education system that failed him when he was a student. In his book, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/High-School-Dropout-Teacher-Year\/dp\/1545241635\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">High School Dropout to Teacher of the Year<\/a>,\u201d Anthony\u2019s complicated relationship to education comes through as the fuel behind his work. In explaining his motivations behind reinventing classroom learning, he says that his focus as a teacher is to provide students with learning experiences that are \u201cradically different\u201d from the ones he remembers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/High-School-Dropout-Teacher-Year\/dp\/1545241635\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">From the description of his book:<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">What makes Anthony Johnson a gem is not the fact that he is an African American male, but that he cultivates and fosters a learning environment unlike any other seen in this country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Anthony Johnson: Teacher of the Year. Rebel \u2018Mayor.\u2019 High School Dropout. &#8212; from edsurge.com by Kristin Leong Excerpt: Anthony\u2019s classroom is as much an invitation to his students to take ownership of their learning as it is a rebellion against the education system that failed him when he was a student. 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