How One Woman Reinvented School To Combat Poverty
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Dr. Tiffany Anderson commutes four hours every day to work, each way. When she arrives, she takes over for crossing guard duty and welcomes each student on their way to school for the day. It’s just one of the ways she has taken a hands-on approach to turning around a flailing school district in a low-income neighborhood near Ferguson, Missouri. Dr. Anderson firmly believes in nurturing “the whole child” when they walk through the doors of her schools. This means needs like food, clothing, and healthcare must be addressed for disadvantaged students in order for them to have a level playing field and an ability to succeed. So, after balancing the budget and taking the school to an accredited level, Dr. Anderson installed a food pantry, laundry facilities, and a full clinic at the school. “When kids knew that we cared,” said Dr. Anderson, “There was almost like this light bulb went off, this willingness to try.”
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Executive Producer: Laura Ling
Producer: Paige Keipper (Hansen)
Cinematographers: Matthew Piniol, Spencer Snider
Editor: Lee Mould
It would be wonderful if schools could be community centers on top of just being schools.
That is the very crux of the community school model which is being implemented across the globe.
this woman is so inspirational, I hope to be like her some day. all these ideas are so clever.
This lady is the truth. I have to step up my game.
What an amazing woman.
Frank Murphy KINDNESS & GOODNESS & LOVE IS NOT ABOUT SKIN COLOR. ALLAH ( GOD ) CREATED A ONE RACE : THE HUMAN RACE WITHOUT AN Y SUPERIORITY BETWEEN HUMAN.
Frank Murphy THIS WOMAAN DESERVE THE NOBEL PRICE. SHE IS MORE INSPIIRATIONNAL THAN BEYONCÉ OR DUMB AS NICKY MINAJ, KARDASHIAN SISTER ECT....... BLACK SINGERS ^ ACTORS WOULD BE ASHAMED IF THEY SEE THIS VIDEO WITH THEIR MONEY THEY CAN DO MORE GOOD ACTIONS AS THAT WOMAN. ALLAH BLESS HER. SHE IS AN ANGEL
Wow! What an amazing woman! She provides a food bank, health care, and clothing! Wow!
the most sad thing is that what she doing looks amazing instead to be common in our life, that how should be life - love, compasion, courage.
I'd be very interested in hearing how she found and built good partnerships. I love the part where parents get to trade laundry facilities for volunteering. Nothing helps people understand schools, like investing their time in them.
Brilliant. She's a true hero.
Literally shed tears... This was one of the most beautiful mini-documentaries I've ever seen on CZcams! GREAT MESSAGE!
Dr. Tiffany Anderson is truly changing the world! What an inspiration she is to so many educators and students across the country!
Oh she's a real superintendent now that's how you do it
It is truly amazing to see how much one person can change the lives of many.
Who says angels don’t walk among us.
Thank you so much for your sincere care, love, and strength you give. But most of all for making a difference!
Be the change you wish to see. God bless those like Dr. Anderson
Wow, simply amazing, why don't other Black Superintendents and Principals get it? As an African American, I see many Black Superintendents and Principals oppress poor black people, to see Dr. Anderson do such an amazing job of supporting black families in need gives me hope 👏🏿👏🏿
Let’s not just say Black but hold all Superintendents and Principals accountable
Holy shit this is insane that is one smart woman
That's so inspiring!!! It gave me hope. Thanks, Seeker Stories!!!
This women is tremendous! She gives faith, love , and care for the community of school, giving them a future to look upon. This is a very inspirational women :)
Dude I cried a little, what a kind loving woman, thank you for you're humanity.
This woman deserves/has earned a nobel prize.
Her work should be a model for all failing schools to follow.
all public schools are failures., but not because they don't have this, but because they do. Nothing about this was smarter, just harder.
when I watch this it inspires me to know that the vision and will of one person is unstoppable Amen.
God bless her this is a hero. This is putting live into our school system. May all those kids succeed give back to the community. Can you come to NY we need you
We need more people like this woman.....
This Principal understands community partners and benefits. The Principal created a Resource Center for their community.
This was so touching 😢😢😢 these school programs should be national
This is what I want to do in Mexico ! High poverty areas.
Very interesting content. I like this format
Very impressive, a big salute and hats off to Dr.Tiffany Anderson.
Yes! Dr. Tiffany Anderson is the GOAT to me.
God bless people like her and efforts like this.
This is so heart warming ❤️
a really great effort
Fuck yeah Dr. Tiffany. Finally someone actually applied some actual pedagogy when trying to educate kids.
Dr. Anderson for president!
beautiful!
this is so great!
Brought tears to my eyes. We need more like her.
salute, HIGH SALUTE to Dr. Anderson!!!!
This warms my heart.
God bless
Very inspirational. All schools across the country need to take a cue from this woman. INVOLVED! Not long ago went I attended high school the principal would act stuck up & unapproachable. There was no such thing as a greeting! Cold & distant was all I remember. All schools need to be a community.
Incredible woman!
This is awesome. Its people like this that we need to help shape change in schools all around the country.
This is phenomenal❤️
Tiffany, YOU ARE AMAZING!
What a fantastic programme! I am really impressed.
Beautiful
This is amazing!!! WOW !!
This is a great story
Such an inspiring woman.
Finally! THANK-YOU!
This is amazing!
This is amazing. Exactly how to get people involved....it's about building a community.
She’s building them up. I hope they can come back to their community and pour into other young kings and queens like Doctor Tiffany Anderson.
Wow so inspirational
Listen well, Betsy DeVos! This is how you improve failing public schools. Not gutting or privatizing them. Nurture them.
Yaaaaasssss 👏👏👏👏👏
Hi! I read about this Incredible woman in a romanian book, called: “The ambassadors of good”.
What a small WORLD!
Her story impressed me.
I want to make a difference in my place.
Greetings!
What a hero!
Very good.
POWERFUL HEARTWARMING BEAUTIFUL WHAT SHE DOES
Wish all places were clean
wow she is amazing
Yes!
OMG WE NEED THIS IN LAS VEGAS
Y'all, she was the best superintendent that Jennings ever had! We miss her dearly, and pray she will come back to us
Such a queen
She is an angel. Bernie forever!!!!
The solution starts where you live...the answer starts with you!
Yes Jesus please bless her.Mother Mary protect her
Community based schools are awesome ideas!
That high school looks better than the way I went to
Go on
Looks like Jennings, under Dr. Tiffany Anderson, has achieved amazing things. Imagine what schools could achieve with the funding and staffing they really deserve.
Damn! I gotta start readin a book.
LOL while politicians argue about the implementation of socialism, these amazing community members are already doing it with brilliant results.
Gunnery Sgt. Hartman ....This isn't socialism or based on socialist principles. This is about building community which we in America have lost.
This is not socialism by any stretch of the imagination. Granted I agree that she is doing something that works, please don't degrade her efforts by injecting political dialogue that isn't remotely applicable.
What are the results? More failure is all I saw. You've really lowered your expectations.
People in here arguing about social politics are bullshit. This is beautiful, just beautiful.
They need to make a movie about her.
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Education as an Antidote for Hunger
Recently, the UN, and several related organizations, marked two significant dates: the World Food Day and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. International organizations for the poor and hungry have existed at least since the end of World War II, but neither poverty nor hunger have been eradicated. If anything, they have increased. What, then, are we doing wrong, and can we change the dismal reality?
The problem is not lack of food; there is plenty of it. In fact, much of the food that is produced gets thrown away and pollutes the water and the ground rather than feeding hungry mouths. So people are hungry not for lack of food, but because there is no interest in helping people get it.
The prevailing attitude is one of narcissism. We care only for ourselves and suspect everyone else’s intentions toward us. If we have any surplus funds, we use them to build walls and fences, not to help others. This is how we behave around the world as individuals and as nations.
To quiet our conscience, we create organizations to tend to the poor and hungry. We fund them generously and appoint functionaries and bureaucrats to deal with the problem.
But if our hearts were with the poor, we would not leave them in the hands of bureaucrats, just as we would not leave our children in the hands of social workers to see to their upbringing. We would see that the people we care about get what they need.
Because we do not care, we appoint uncaring people who present plans for dealing with the spreading poverty and hunger, and announce special days to bring the problem to public awareness. They do not do a thing about the actual problems, but simply justify their bloated salaries through professionally designed presentations and verbose speeches that glorify their (nonexistent) achievements.
If they truly wanted to solve the problem, which funds their lavish lifestyle, there would be many ways to do so. However, the surest way to lift people from poverty is education.
First, there are technologies that can increase the yield of fields by multiple times through sophisticated irrigation systems, controlled environments, and other means. Farmers need to be taught how to use these technologies, and should be given the means to acquire them. This step alone would lift countless people out of hunger and poverty.
Next, I think that organizations for eradication of poverty and hunger should use their budgets to buy lands where they will both grow crops for food that will be dedicated for the poor, and use some of the land to teach local farmers more efficient agriculture.
Additionally, these centers for agriculture and education should be used in order to provide general education. It is well known that educated people have more opportunities in life, are generally better off, and can provide for themselves and their families better than uneducated people. Therefore, as a means to eradicate poverty and hunger, these centers should also provide general knowledge and education.
Also, education should not be only about avoiding poverty. Poverty is not a personal matter, but a social one. Therefore, people who study at these education centers should also learn about solidarity, mutual responsibility, interdependence in today’s world, and other topics that will help them establish themselves as positive elements in a connected world.
In this way, we can create an agrarian transformation that will become a social and cultural transformation that can free people not only from the grip of poverty and hunger, but integrate them in the global society of the 21st century as confident and positive individuals. In turn, these people will help others rise from poverty, and the process will gain momentum.
And she provides free laundry!
👏👏👏👏👏
She reminds me of Marva Collins
I just wanna know where the freakin money came from
Hi APeekOfLife - Dr. Anderson was able to find the funding through applying for grants for the school and for cutting extra positions; for example, she saved money by being the superintendent, cross guard, substitute teacher, etc. all at once.
Dr. Anderson did mention to us an issue with grants and schools. She said, “One example, and every state has to deal with this, there are these school improvement grants; that sounds great and it is good to get extra dollars when you’re not doing well, but unfortunately, once we improved, we did not quality for any of the school improvement grants. So the worse you do, the more you are rewarded in the system that we currently have.”
It points to an important flaw in our system that could be holding back a lot of schools across the country.
Thanks for watching!
+Seeker Stories I work for the Santa Ana Unified School District and I'd love to take a crack at implementing her genius ideas. Where can I get some more information?
Tax dollars of the people this video claims are oppressive.
@@lllumo1389 you don't pay taxes because you're not oppressive, oppressive people pay taxes because if you didn't you'd go to jail. Your tax money also funds wars :-)
A 4 hour commute? Unreal.
Is there any contact information for this beautiful woman?
3:12 - ignore this, for personal refrence
Good plan but let's see how long it lasts
I had to watch this shit for english class.
ALWAYS a bw going above and beyond..god bless her...i hope she gets the support SHE NEEDS AT HOME.🤔
I thought she was teaching how to start their own businesses, how politics works so they can use the money they make to control the political landscape, and how to practice group economics so they can attract $1 mil. into their community and have it exchange hands between 10 other people in their community essentially turning that $1mil. into $10 mil and drastically improving their community that way.
Thinking of the best comment to leave based on the few I'm reading.
How about this: It's possible to watch this whole video even if you think you disagree with it on "political" grounds. It's possible to listen to people you disagree with! What a thought!
When you fail to even listen or consider (I'm not saying agree) you create an echo chamber, a selection bias. Plain and simple.
If you think something is true, fine. Why should it hurt so much to consider alternative viewpoints?
When She Starts the sentence with the words Zip Codes on 5:23 what does she mean by that?
Deo Ananas She means that your neighborhood shouldn't determine the quality of your education.
Thanks
3:54
I've never felt more lazy in my entire life.
wow, 30,463 views. Lets see if I can help change that one day.
Why is she 4 hours away from the district she serves?
do you think the stigma against teen pregnancy will abate with schools like this?
I respect what this woman does and I applaud her for it.
but some parts around the world, people don't have schools and even teachers. I'm sorry but this is not poverty.
Uniforms. I see uniforms.
I was with her up to the 'systems of oppression' part.
Do you live there? Did you grow up in a place where poverty and crime was the norm? If not, then don't act like you know.
fernidad135 I don't have to live somewhere to know about it.
It's very real... and a very real problem.
Curious question is that school's demographic entirely African American? There's not a single while kid in that school?