This post was adapted from a speech given at the Road To Teaching Conference at Santa Ana College on November 22, 2014.

When I look out at pre-service teachers, I see the future of education in California.  And I feel good about it. They are bringing energy and excitement with them into the classroom.  They will infuse their departments with new ideas about teaching and learning. They will understand brain theory better than any generation of teachers before them.  They will use that to develop environments where students love to learn.  I am very proud of the path they (and you, teachers reading this) have chosen.

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