Irene Damota, principal, Whittier School, Chicago, Illinois, talks about knowing that each child has the potential to be a scientist. Excerpted from the videoseries, Schools That Work: The Research Advantage, Videoconference 3, Children as Explorers (NCREL, 1991).
"I'm speaking for the neighborhood schools, not the magnet school. I'm speaking for the underclass schools. It's a matter of knowing that it's child has in him the potential of being the scientist. It's a matter of given access of thought. It's a matter of knowing all teachers can teach and all children can learn."