The Learning Curve
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The Learning Curve: The Power of High Expectations
Tracy Thompson, who runs education programs for incarcerated youth at the San Diego County Office of Education, says his background — from being in a gang to a stint in the NFL — helps him make a unique pitch to the kids he works with: “I want kids to see in me that you can be educated, still be cool and you can still be real.”