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A conversation with Eric Gordon on dispelling the myths about teaching in urban environments: Cleveland’s Promise

A conversation with Eric Gordon on dispelling the myths about teaching in urban environments: Cleveland’s Promise

Oct. 03, 2022 - By Cameron Fields and Hannah Drown, cleveland.com – At the height of the pandemic, while students everywhere grappled with remote learning, Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon noted that well-meaning outsiders were recognizing, for the first time, the deep inequities and barriers to education that a childhood in poverty imposes.