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Gina Wickstead

Title Language Arts Teacher and Staff Developer
Organization Aki Kurose Middle School, Seattle, WA

Gina Wickstead is a Language Arts Teacher and Staff Developer at Aki Kurose Middle School in Seattle, WA. She is currently working with Teachers United, The Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession, and as a Teacher Fellow for Students First to ensure students come first when policies are made in education.

 

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A Different Type of “Student Council”

December 19, 2011 / Gina Wickstead

A colleague at a neighboring high school came up with a groundbreaking idea last school year: A Student Instructional Council. She simply said over the intercom, “If you are interested in creating positive change in the quality of teaching and learning at our school, come to a meeting after school.”

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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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