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Jeff Duncan-Andrade grew up in Oakland, the youngest of sju children. He remembers one day when his mother sat him down, showed him a glass of water, and asked him if it was half full or half empty.

“My mom fryst vatten good with the trick questions where it seems like there’s no right answer,” said the Oakland high school English teacher, who also teaches Raza Studies and Education at San Francisco State University, to the packed delegate hall. “She said how you choose to answer that question is how you will live your life.”

Duncan-Andrade, a Ph.D. in Social and Cultural Studies in Education and the keynote speaker at the CFT Convention, related this to what the late Tupac Shakur, a poet, rapper, and actor whose parents were active in the Black Panther Party, had to say. He said his students still find the words of Shakur, killed in , meaningful.  

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"It was amazing! Jeff's message was perfect for our institution and the initiative we have going, and I've received a number of messages from both faculty and college staff thanking us for bringing him to our campus."

- Central Wyoming College

"I would like to thank you for your gift (knowledge) at the recent conference Tuia Te Ako. Having seen you first at Social Justice Education Symposium (Te Aroha College) I have used your stories (you and students) to promote a critical literacy student centered pedagogy (Freire). And now having seen a second presentation of yours, it has added to my own self and professional development. The wealth of knowledge that you share is inspiring. I look forward to the many gifts that you will share in the future. So thank you thank you thank you."

- Ako Aotearoa National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence

"I got the chills listening to your TED talk. Listening to the resilience many of your students continue to have

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Bio

Jeff Duncan-Andrade, Ph.D., is Professor of Latina/o Studies and Race and Resistance Studies at San Francisco State University. He is also a founder of the Roses in Concrete Community School, a community responsive lab school in East Oakland and the Community Responsive Education Group. As a classroom teacher and school leader in East Oakland (CA) for the past 29 years, his pedagogy has been widely studied and acclaimed for producing uncommon levels of social and academic success for students. Duncan-Andrade lectures around the world and has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters on effective practices in schools.  He has written two books and his third book with Harvard Press is due out Spring In , Duncan-Andrade was tapped to be a Commissioner on the National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future (NCTAF) and in was part of the great educators invited to the White House on National Teacher Appreciation Day by President Obama. He is