so please welcome to the podium my friend, classmate, and colleague sam chaltain. [applause] >> hi, everybody. >> hi! >> that is definitely the first time i have been introduced by a former high school classmate. so not surprisingly i think it is safe to say that is the nicest and most interesting introduction that i have ever had. thank you so much, treresa, for setting the stage. and thanks to all of you for coming. i was class of '88. i am not from here. i am from new hampshire so it isn't fully coming home but it is a home to me so it is especially exciting as the book goes and i am visiting different parts of the country to be in a room where i can be introduced by a former classmate. our school is a story about a year in the life of two schools and of the people's whose lives int int intersect. they have a charter school opening for the first time and a neighborhood school that first opened in 1924 in the nation's capital it is about a lot more than that. in fact, most of the issues it touches on are really the most pressing issues of the day nationally and w

sam chaltain is here to talk with us about his new book. sam is and he has been since i met him in high school a good guy who in at least one case helped be get a truth to light much in the same way he does in his writing and education. he helped me find a way to tell the story the history teacher and set the record straight. you probably don't remember. but mr. oleson handed back an exam and on the exam there was a shot answer question where he had to explain how the dresden bombing worked/the fire attacks. and the thing is i don't remember a lot about that class. but i remember sam was in it. i knew i nailed the question about the dresden bombings. i got my paper back and it was marked wrong. it was the first question on the test and i will never forget it. you know how it looks whether the teacher slashes through an examine and it is incorrect. but i had it righted. i showed it to sam and he said it was right and i should tell mr. olsen. so i did. it was hard. i remember my voice was shaking. he was a nice guy but i was telling him me wa

sam chaltain is here to talk with us about his new book. sam is and he has been since i met him in high school a good guy who in at least one case helped be get a truth to light much in the same way he does in his writing and education. he helped me find a way to tell the story the history teacher and set the record straight. you probably don't remember. but mr. oleson handed back an exam and on the exam there was a shot answer question where he had to explain how the dresden bombing worked/the fire attacks. and the thing is i don't remember a lot about that class. but i remember sam was in it. i knew i nailed the question about the dresden bombings. i got my paper back and it was marked wrong. it was the first question on the test and i will never forget it. you know how it looks whether the teacher slashes through an examine and it is incorrect. but i had it righted. i showed it to sam and he said it was right and i should tell mr. olsen. so i did. it was hard. i remember my voice was shaking. he was a nice guy but i was telling him me was

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