Impatient Optimists
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Robert Jeffers

Title Teaching Fellow
Organization Teach Plus

For eight years, Robert Jeffers has taught subjects ranging from English to filmmaking to environmental stewardship at Dorsey High School in Los Angeles.

He is currently a Teach Plus Teaching Policy Fellow.

Posts By Robert Jeffers

Publishing Teacher Evaluations? A Teacher Weighs In

February 24, 2012 / Robert Jeffers

Most teachers I know seek feedback about their strengths and shortcomings in a sincere effort to refine their professional practice, but none I know want this done in a public forum.

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  • "Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward." —Melinda Gates

  • The Global Fund has helped to deliver more than 190 million bed nets to protect families from malaria.

  • "The world faces a clear choice. If we invest relatively small amounts, many more poor farmers will be able to feed their families." —Bill Gates, 2012 Annual Letter

  • "When it come to global health, Bill and I are optimists—but we're impatient optimists. Tremendous progress is being made. But there is still so much we're impatient to see done." —Melinda French Gates

  • In Senegal, 80% of households now have a bed net, helping the number of malaria cases there drop 50% in a single year.

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