I teach in a way that they find a real-world problem, that they want to change, they do research about it, they write to a real-world person. So many of my students wrote to the mayor, wrote to David Hesse as our Commissioner of Education, etc. And then from there, they try to make a difference.”

The Big EQ Campaign (2017)

The Big EQ/EQuip Our Kids! Campaign intends to be the first-ever mass advertising, marketing and organizing campaign whose sole goal is that every school include in its curriculum the development of students’ and teachers’ social and emotional intelligence and skills.