ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nadia Lopez - Educator
Nadia Lopez is the founding principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy, where she is showing the world how underprivileged communities can beat the odds and create positive institutions that have a global impact.

Why you should listen

Dr. Nadia Lopez is pioneering a path of inspired leadership. The founding principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy, a New York City Public School, Lopez became a viral sensation after one of her students was featured on the popular blog, Humans of New York. Millions of people around the world discovered the positive learning environment, high expectations and growing success rate at her school, which is located right in the middle of one of the most under-served communities in America. In 2015 a Humans of New York fundraiser raised $1.4 million to take Lopez's students on college trips that include Harvard University, Summer STEAM programs and college scholarships.

Lopez's story was shared across numerous media outlets and resulted in her guest appearing on the Ellen Show, visiting President Barack Obama at the White House and receiving the Medal of Distinction from Barnard College. In addition, Lopez was honored alongside First Lady Michelle Obama with the Change Agent Award at the Black Girls Rock show hosted on BET Networks.

Lopez's passion, belief in children and strong conviction has been unwavering in her belief that her community needs strong leadership. Despite the adversities she faced in opening Mott Hall Bridges Academy in 2010, Lopez is encouraged and inspired to see children overcome the "beautiful challenges" of Brownsville and ensuring that they are admitted into some of the most competitive high schools in New York City. Understanding the power of programming, Lopez continues to impact the lives of children through her "She Is Me" and "I Matter" initiatives, which have served thousands of youth throughout Central Brooklyn by providing workshops, forums and mentoring. Lopez continues to influence and inspire the world through her company The Lopez Effect, which offers a blueprint for personal and organizational success.

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Nadia Lopez: Why open a school? To close a prison

纳迪亚·洛佩斯: 开办一所学校,即关闭一所监狱

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我们的孩子代表我们的未来。让他们对自己充满信心则颇为重要。这就是纳迪亚·洛佩斯在布鲁克林的布朗斯维尔——在纽约市最为缺乏治理暴力频发的地区之一——创办一所学院的原因,她坚信每个孩子的才华与能力。在这简短而激励人心的演讲中,作为莫特馆桥学院的创立校长(以及是纽约众生的一位明星),她分享了她帮助学生想象的自己与家人的更美好的未来。
- Educator
Nadia Lopez is the founding principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy, where she is showing the world how underprivileged communities can beat the odds and create positive institutions that have a global impact. Full bio

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When I opened打开 Mott莫特 Hall大厅
Bridges桥梁 Academy学院 in 2010,
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在2010年我开办了莫特馆桥学院,
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my goal目标 was simple简单:
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我的目标很简单:
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open打开 a school学校 to close a prison监狱.
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创办一所学校,
以关闭一所监狱。
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Now to some, this was an audacious胆大 goal目标,
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一些人可能会认为,
这是个大胆的目标,
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because our school学校 is located位于
in the Brownsville布朗斯维尔 section部分 of Brooklyn布鲁克林 --
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原因在于我们的学校位于
布鲁克林的布朗斯维尔地区——
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one of the most underserved缺医少药
and violent暴力 neighborhoods社区
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在纽约市所有城市中
暴力频发缺少治理最严重的城区之一。
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in all of New York纽约 City.
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Like many许多 urban城市的 schools学校
with high poverty贫穷 rates利率,
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和许多高贫困率的城区学校一样,
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we face面对 numerous众多 challenges挑战,
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我们面临着众多挑战,
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like finding发现 teachers教师 who can empathize同情
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比如寻找那些
能对弱势群体的复杂情况
感同身受的老师,
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with the complexities复杂性
of a disadvantaged劣势 community社区,
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lack缺乏 of funding资金 for technology技术,
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缺乏技术资金支持,
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low parental父母 involvement参与
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还缺少家长参与度,
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and neighborhood邻里 gangs帮派 that recruit
children孩子 as early as fourth第四 grade年级.
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甚至周边的帮派不时会
招募年仅四年级的孩子。
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So here I was,
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所以我在这里
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the founding创建 principal主要 of a middle中间 school学校
that was a district public上市 school学校,
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创办了一所地区公立中学,
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and I only had 45 kids孩子 to start开始.
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创立之初只有45个孩子。
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Thirty三十 percent百分 of them had special特别 needs需求.
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其中三成有特殊需求。
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Eighty-six86 percent百分 of them
were below下面 grade年级 level水平
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86%的孩子在英语和数学方面
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in English英语 and in math数学.
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落后平均水平。
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And 100 percent百分 were living活的
below下面 the poverty贫穷 level水平.
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并且他们的生活水平
全都处于贫困线之下。
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If our children孩子 are not in our classrooms教室,
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如果我们的孩子
不在我们的课堂,
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how will they learn学习?
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他们如何学习?
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And if they're not learning学习,
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如果他们不学习,
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where would they end结束 up?
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他们将何去何从?
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It was evident明显 when I would
ask my 13-year-old-岁,
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我问一个13岁的孩子,
“年轻人,你认为五年后你会怎么样?”
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"Young年轻 man,
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where do you see yourself你自己 in five years年份?"
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答案似乎显而易见。
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And his response响应:
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而他的回答是:
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"I don't know if I'm gonna
live生活 that long."
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”我不知道我能否活那么长时间。“
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Or to have a young年轻 woman女人 say to me
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还有一位年轻女生对我说,
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that she had a lifelong终身 goal目标
of working加工 in a fast-food快餐 restaurant餐厅.
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她毕生的目标只是在快餐店工作。
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To me, this was unacceptable不可接受.
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对我而言,这实在难以接受。
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It was also evident明显 that they had no idea理念
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显然他们尚未意识到,
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that there was a landscape景观 of opportunity机会
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在他们生活的地区之外,
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that existed存在 beyond their neighborhood邻里.
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还有着大片广阔的机遇。
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We call our students学生们 "scholars学者,"
because they're lifelong终身 learners学习者.
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我们把我们的学生称为”学者“,
因为他们是终身学习者。
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And the skills技能 that they learn学习 today今天
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他们现在所学的技能
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will prepare准备 them for college学院
and career事业 readiness准备就绪.
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将为他们今后的大学
和事业打下坚实的基础。
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I chose选择 the royal王室的 colors颜色
of purple紫色 and black黑色,
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我选择象征皇室的紫色和黑色,
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because I want them to be reminded提醒
that they are descendants后人 of greatness伟大,
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因为我希望他们明白
自己是伟大的后代。
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and that through通过 education教育,
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通过教育,
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they are future未来 engineers工程师,
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他们将成为未来的工程师,
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scientists科学家们,
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科学家,
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entrepreneurs企业家
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企业家
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and even leaders领导者 who can and will
take over this world世界.
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甚至成为掌管这世界的领导者。
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To date日期,
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到目前为止,
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we have had three graduating毕业 classes,
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我们已有三届毕业班,
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at a 98 --
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有98的——
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(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
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At a 98-percent-百分 graduation毕业 rate.
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有98%的毕业率。
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This is nearly几乎 200 children孩子,
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这意味着将近200个孩子,
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who are now going to some of the most
competitive竞争的 high schools学校
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将有幸进入纽约市竞争最激烈的高中。
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in New York纽约 City.
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(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
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It was a cold day in January一月
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那是一月寒冷的一天,
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when my scholar学者, Vidal维达尔 Chastanet沙塔,
met会见 Brandon布兰登 Stanton斯坦顿,
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我的学生维达·沙塔
遇到了布兰登·斯坦顿,
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the founder创办人 of the popular流行 blog博客
"Humans人类 of New York纽约."
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这位热门博客”纽约众生“创始人。
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Brandon布兰登 shared共享 the story故事
of a young年轻 man from Brownsville布朗斯维尔
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布兰登分享了一个来自
布朗斯维尔的年轻人的故事,
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who had witnessed目击 violence暴力 firsthand第一手,
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他亲眼目睹了一场暴力事件,
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by witnessing见证 a man
being存在 thrown抛出 off of a roof屋顶.
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看到一个人从屋顶被扔下。
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Yet然而 he can still
be influenced影响 by a principal主要
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尽管如此他依然受到一位校长的感化,
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who had opened打开 up a school学校
that believes相信 in all children孩子.
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一位相信所有的孩子而开办学校的校长。
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Vidal维达尔 embodies体现 the story故事 of so many许多
of our underprivileged弱势 children孩子
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维达尔代表了我们众多贫穷孩子的故事,
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who are struggling奋斗的 to survive生存,
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他们努力顽强地生存着,
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which哪一个 is why we must必须
make education教育 a priority优先.
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这也是我们必须把教育
摆在首位的原因。
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Brandon's布兰登的 post岗位 created创建 a global全球 sensation感觉
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布兰登的博客吸引力全世界的目光,
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that touched感动 the lives生活 of millions百万.
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触碰到数百万生命的内心。
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This resulted导致 in 1.4 million百万
dollars美元 being存在 raised上调
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同时带来了140万美元的捐款,
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for our scholars学者 to attend出席 field领域 trips旅行
to colleges高校 and universities高校,
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用于资助我们的优秀学生
参加各大学的实地考察旅行,
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Summer夏季 STEAM蒸汽 programs程式,
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夏季STEAM程序,
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as well as college学院 scholarships奖学金.
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以及提供大学奖学金。
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You need to understand理解
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你应该明白,
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that when 200 young年轻 people
from Brownsville布朗斯维尔 visited参观 Harvard哈佛,
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当200个来自布朗斯维尔的
年轻人参观了哈佛大学,
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they now understood了解
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他们会了解,
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that a college学院 of their choice选择
was a real真实 possibility可能性.
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他们选择大学才是真正的机遇。
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And the impossibilities不可能的事
that had been imposed征收 upon them
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曾经来自一个落后社区
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by a disadvantaged劣势 community社区
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给他们带来的不便,
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were replaced更换 by hope希望 and purpose目的.
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将被希望与决心所替代。
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The revolution革命 in education教育
is happening事件 in our schools学校,
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教育的改革正在我们学校进行,
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with adults成年人 who provide提供 love,
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有成年人为他们提供爱,
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structure结构体,
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精心组织的体系,
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support支持
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呵护支持,
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and knowledge知识.
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还有知识。
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These are the things
that inspire启发 children孩子.
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这些都将对我们的孩子有所启发。
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But it is not an easy简单 task任务.
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但这并不能简单的说到做到。
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And there are high demands需要
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在我们并不完美的教育体系中,
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within an education教育 system系统
that is not perfect完善.
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有着很高的需求。
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But I have a dynamic动态 group of educators教育工作者
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不过我有一群充满活力的教育家,
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who collaborate合作 as a team球队 to determine确定
what is the best最好 curriculum课程.
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他们彼此合作成立团队
来决定课程的最佳安排。
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They take time beyond their school学校 day,
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他们在非工作日的时间仍然忙碌,
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and come in on weekends周末
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周末也到学校工作,
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and even use their own拥有 money
to often经常 provide提供 resources资源
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甚至愿意自费提供
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when we do not have it.
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我们缺少的资源。
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And as the principal主要,
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作为一名校长,
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I have to inspect检查 what I expect期望.
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我需要检查我所期待的东西。
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So I show显示 up in classes
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所以我出现在教室
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and I conduct进行 observations意见
to give feedback反馈,
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通过观察来提供反馈,
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because I want my teachers教师
to be just as successful成功
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因为我希望老师们可以和
莫特馆桥学院的名号一样成功。
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as the name名称 Mott莫特 Hall大厅 Bridges桥梁 Academy学院.
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And I give them access访问 to me
every一切 single day,
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他们每天都可以联系到我,
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which哪一个 is why they all have
my personal个人 cell细胞 number,
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因为他们都有我的手机号,
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including包含 my scholars学者
and those who graduated毕业 --
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包括我的学生和已经毕业的学生,
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which哪一个 is probably大概 why I get
phone电话 calls电话 and text文本 messages消息
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这也许就是我在凌晨3点钟
还会收到电话和短信的原因吧。
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at three o'clock in the morning早上.
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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But we are all connected连接的 to succeed成功,
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不过我们都与成功息息相关,
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and good leaders领导者 do this.
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优秀的领导者引领成功。
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Tomorrow's明天的 future未来 is sitting坐在
in our classrooms教室.
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明日的未来正坐在我们的教室中。
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And they are our responsibility责任.
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他们是我们担负的责任。
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That means手段 everyone大家 in here,
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那意味着这里的每个人,
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and those who are watching观看 the screen屏幕.
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还有屏幕后正在观看的人们,
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We must必须 believe in their brilliance,
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我们要相信这些孩子的才华,
06:50
and remind提醒 them by teaching教学 them
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教导他们教育才是真正的力量。
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that there indeed确实 is power功率 in education教育.
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Thank you.
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谢谢。
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(Applause掌声)
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Translated by Hael Chan
Reviewed by Lipeng Chen

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nadia Lopez - Educator
Nadia Lopez is the founding principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy, where she is showing the world how underprivileged communities can beat the odds and create positive institutions that have a global impact.

Why you should listen

Dr. Nadia Lopez is pioneering a path of inspired leadership. The founding principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy, a New York City Public School, Lopez became a viral sensation after one of her students was featured on the popular blog, Humans of New York. Millions of people around the world discovered the positive learning environment, high expectations and growing success rate at her school, which is located right in the middle of one of the most under-served communities in America. In 2015 a Humans of New York fundraiser raised $1.4 million to take Lopez's students on college trips that include Harvard University, Summer STEAM programs and college scholarships.

Lopez's story was shared across numerous media outlets and resulted in her guest appearing on the Ellen Show, visiting President Barack Obama at the White House and receiving the Medal of Distinction from Barnard College. In addition, Lopez was honored alongside First Lady Michelle Obama with the Change Agent Award at the Black Girls Rock show hosted on BET Networks.

Lopez's passion, belief in children and strong conviction has been unwavering in her belief that her community needs strong leadership. Despite the adversities she faced in opening Mott Hall Bridges Academy in 2010, Lopez is encouraged and inspired to see children overcome the "beautiful challenges" of Brownsville and ensuring that they are admitted into some of the most competitive high schools in New York City. Understanding the power of programming, Lopez continues to impact the lives of children through her "She Is Me" and "I Matter" initiatives, which have served thousands of youth throughout Central Brooklyn by providing workshops, forums and mentoring. Lopez continues to influence and inspire the world through her company The Lopez Effect, which offers a blueprint for personal and organizational success.

More profile about the speaker
Nadia Lopez | Speaker | TED.com