i am a student of montessori schools.plause] jeff: i started at montessori when i was two years old. the teacher complained to my mother that i was too task-focused and she could not get me to switch tasks, or she would pick up my chair and move me. [laughter] jeff: if you ask the people i work with, that's still probably true today. david: has the teacher ever called you since and said she is responsible for your success? jeff: i am in touch with several of my elementary school teachers, but i don't know my montessori school teachers. david: the gift you are giving, essentially, you will have some for preschool for children who need free preschool. jeff: full tuition preschool. it is montessori inspired. i am very excited about that. i will operate that. that will be an operating nonprofit. we will put them in low-income neighborhoods. we know if a kid falls behind, it is really hard to catch up. if you can give somebody a leg up when they are two years old, three years old, four years old , by the time they get to kinde

i'm a student of montessori , i started a montessori -- at was two years old montessori when i was twold. the teacher complained that i was to task focused, and she could not get me --too task focused and she had to pick up my chair to move me. and it is still probably true. >> would you say she was responsible for your success? several ofouch with my high school and elementary school teachers, but i don't know any of my montessori school teachers. >> so the gift you are giving is that you will have preschool for children who need preschool. >> full tuition preschool, montessori inspired, i'm very excited about that because i'm going to opt -- excited about that because i will operated. i will hire an executive team, a leadership team and we will operate the schools and put them in low income neighborhoods. we know for a fact that if a kid falls behind, it's hard to catch up. if you can give somebody a leg up when they are to or for -- two or four, they are much less likely to fall behind. it can happen but you have improved their lives. roomost people in this have been mindful about m

i am a student of montessori schools.ause] jeff: i started at montessori when i was two years old. the teacher complained to my mother that i was too task-focused and she could not get me to switch tasks, or she would pick up my chair and move me. [laughter] jeff: that's still probably true today. david: has the teacher ever called you since and said she is responsible for your success? jeff: i am in touch with several of my elementary school teachers, but i don't know my montessori school teachers. david: the gift you are giving, essentially preschool for children who need free preschool. jeff: full tuition preschool. i am very excited about that. i will operate that. that will be an operating nonprofit. we will put them in low income neighborhoods. we know if a kid falls behind, it is really hard to catch up. if you can give somebody a leg up when they are two years old, three years old, four years old by the time they get to kindergarten or first grade, they are less likely to fall behind. the money spent there will pa

it will also help the start up, a network of montessori preschools in communities. for more on this huge donation, we are joined now by the chief program officer at tipping point. that's a nonprofit divided -- devoted fighting property in the bay area. thank you so much for coming on us today. let's first talk about this donation. how big of an impact will this donation of this size make for organizations today? >> this is huge. first of all, thank you for having me on today, alex. this is huge. just like cities have been waiting on amazon to announce its next headquarters, those in the philanthropic community and those in the social sectors have announced they were waiting to understand where he would commit his philanthropic dollars. this is a huge accomplishment. we are excited that he is starting to give back. >> i'm led to believe that your organization won't directly benefit from the bezos foundation, the fund he has set up. you have a sense that that might change in the future? >> maybe it will change in the future. but, i think even more significant than tha

dollars full tuition preschool montessori inspired i'm very excited about that because i'm going to operate that that's going to be an operating nonprofit i'm going to hire an executive team that's going to be a leadership team we're going to operate these schools and we're going to put them in low income neighborhoods i'm going to identify with the help of a team i'm going to identify that we're going to hire the full time team. identify and find that and find. family homeless shelters. in mexico city thousands of students from its biggest university have been protesting to demand an end to campus violence earlier this month two students from the autonomous university of mexico were seriously injured in an attack and in april three students from western mexico were killed and their bodies dissolved in acid protesters say the attacks on students are a symptom of a surge in violence across the country. in the nicaraguan capital managua thousands of people have taken part in an anti-government protest more than three hundred people have been killed in violent demonstrations which began in apr

his new charity will also offer scholarships for montessori inspired preschools. >>> health officialsno county have ruled out a new food truck they call a food pharmacy. those who get a food prescription will have access to fresh produce from the 20 foot truck that makes stops at clinics in vallejo, fairfield, and vacaville. part of the funding comes from i don't ocean from cache creek casino. county health officials say diabetes, heart disease and obesity can be treated with a healthier diet. they say many low income patients are often unable to find healthy food in neighborhoods where they live. >>> new information about a tent village for the homeless that sprang up in hannah -- in san jose over the weekend. yesterday was supposed to be the eviction day just north of downtown san jose . the attends camp sits on land owned by the state. we have learned the chp is trying to find an alternative location. that encampment was paid for with $10,000 in private donations and has a portable toilet, security fences, and even garbage service. >>> we are tracking hurricane florence. we want to

we have a montessori program in palo alto and menlo park. previous to purchasing the building, we unfortunately received a rent increase of 600% at our menlo park location. >> we felt we really needed to have a permanent home in order to do this. realized that children thrive in really small environments, especially between the ages of 2 -5. so with that in mind, we acquired the property. we made no changes. it is not a remodel at all. it is a conversion. we kept everything that we needed to keep for a dwelling in the future. my husband and i wear teen parents. we had our first child when i was 16 and he was 17. we see education as a lifesaving draft. it may need a big in our lives. we really wanted to bring that to san francisco. we have two teachers that have commuted to our campus for many years. i do the commute every day. i am on the road about three hours a day. this is a great opportunity for the neighborhood, for education, and also the fact that life has taught me that things can be unpredictable. so we went above and beyond in main

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that have really stepped into this, montessori, guysinger. there's a lot we know and solid understanding we have to solve for some of these problems or we won't get to the root cause. >> social determinants and cultural. >> cultural is part of it. economics have a big part in it. age. where you live. they affect our health seriously and we don't even assess for that. when we don't really know how to assess for that. i was just reading an article about work that's been done in oregon, trying to build in assessments and it's really challenging. it's a cutting-edge kind of thinking but it's a nice merge that's always been kind of separate. >> san francisco has a diverse population, more so than other areas. >> we need to ask our self hard questions is the delivery of our health services equitable. another article i was reading earlier today about maternity care and health outcomes across different ethnicities and races are quite variable and we need to address that. >> moving onto page 8. before we go into more detail this is a framework from a