"You acting like a stupid nigger, Roderick, she said jovially."

Page 28, paperback edition of Dangerous Minds.

"George shouldn't of shot his homeboy. That's all I'm saying."

Page 53. A student's comment on Of Mice and Men. Same book as above.

Three Names in the Field of American Secondary Education, 1959-1999:

(1)Edgar Zodiag Friedenberg

(2)Jaime Escalante

(3)LouAnne Johnson.

"So, what if anything, did all three of these names have in common?"

Good question! Stick around and we'll know by this time next week!