Straight Talk with Dean & Marc27 Apr 2020

A Discussion with an Award Winning Educator from the U. K.

We are getting all kinds of Special Podcasts....This one is an award-winning Educator from the U.K. Delightful Interview that focuses on Education, things that are good and bad about in the U.K. and USA, and even some similarities like we both have issues with Gangs and Kids using too many Cell phones.

We are very honored to have on our show Andria Zafirakou, a British arts and textiles teacher from Alperton Community School in Brent, a borough in northwest London, who was named the fourth recipient of the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize, a $1 million award that recognizes outstanding contributions to education in 2018. She was presented with the award at a ceremony in Dubai and also got to travel to the New York area because of the award.

Zafirakou was recognized for serving students in one of the poorest areas in the country. Brent is diverse—around 130 different languages are spoken in the borough—but it also has a high rate of crime. Zafirakou provides extra lessons throughout the day and on the weekends so that her students, who often come from overcrowded homes, can have a safe and quiet place to work. She also redesigned the curriculum in collaboration with her colleagues so that it would be more relevant to the communities she serves; began learning phrases in several languages, including Gujarati, Hindi, and Tamil; and has visited family homes to connect with her students.

Tune in for a great discussion.

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