ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nadia Lopez - Educator
Nadia Lopez is the founding principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy, where she is showing the world how underprivileged communities can beat the odds and create positive institutions that have a global impact.

Why you should listen

Dr. Nadia Lopez is pioneering a path of inspired leadership. The founding principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy, a New York City Public School, Lopez became a viral sensation after one of her students was featured on the popular blog, Humans of New York. Millions of people around the world discovered the positive learning environment, high expectations and growing success rate at her school, which is located right in the middle of one of the most under-served communities in America. In 2015 a Humans of New York fundraiser raised $1.4 million to take Lopez's students on college trips that include Harvard University, Summer STEAM programs and college scholarships.

Lopez's story was shared across numerous media outlets and resulted in her guest appearing on the Ellen Show, visiting President Barack Obama at the White House and receiving the Medal of Distinction from Barnard College. In addition, Lopez was honored alongside First Lady Michelle Obama with the Change Agent Award at the Black Girls Rock show hosted on BET Networks.

Lopez's passion, belief in children and strong conviction has been unwavering in her belief that her community needs strong leadership. Despite the adversities she faced in opening Mott Hall Bridges Academy in 2010, Lopez is encouraged and inspired to see children overcome the "beautiful challenges" of Brownsville and ensuring that they are admitted into some of the most competitive high schools in New York City. Understanding the power of programming, Lopez continues to impact the lives of children through her "She Is Me" and "I Matter" initiatives, which have served thousands of youth throughout Central Brooklyn by providing workshops, forums and mentoring. Lopez continues to influence and inspire the world through her company The Lopez Effect, which offers a blueprint for personal and organizational success.

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Nadia Lopez: Why open a school? To close a prison

Nadia Lopez: Zašto otvoriti školu? Da bismo zatvorili zatvor

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Naša djeca su naša budućnost, i ključno je da vjeruju u sebe. Zato je Nadia Lopez otvorila akademsku oazu u Brownsville-u, Brooklyn, u jednoj od najzapuštenijih i nasilnih četvrti u cijelom New York-u -- zato jer vjeruje u iznimnost i sposobnosti svakog djeteta. U ovom kratkom, energičnom govoru, osnivačica Mott Hall Bridges Akademije (i zvijezda Ljudi New York-a) dijeli kako pomaže svojim učenicima predvidjeti bolju budućnost za sebe i svoje obitelji.
- Educator
Nadia Lopez is the founding principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy, where she is showing the world how underprivileged communities can beat the odds and create positive institutions that have a global impact. Full bio

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When I openedotvori MottMott HallDvorana
BridgesMostovi AcademyAkademija in 2010,
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my goalcilj was simplejednostavan:
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imala sam jednostavan cilj:
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openotvoren a schoolškola to closeblizu a prisonzatvor.
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otvoriti školu kako bi zatvorili zatvor.
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Now to some, this was an audaciousSuludo hrabar goalcilj,
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Za neke, to je bio smion cilj,
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because our schoolškola is locatednalazi
in the BrownsvilleBrownsville sectionodjeljak of BrooklynBrooklyn --
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jer se naša škola nalazi u
Brownsville dijelu Brooklyn-a --
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one of the mostnajviše underservedunderserved
and violentnasilan neighborhoodsčetvrti
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u jednoj od najzapuštenijih
i nasilnih četvrti
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in all of NewNovi YorkYork CityGrad.
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u cijelom New York-u.
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Like manymnogi urbanurbani schoolsškola
with highvisok povertysiromaštvo ratesstope,
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Poput mnogih gradskih škola sa
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we facelice numerousbrojan challengesizazovi,
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suočeni smo sa brojnim preprekama,
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like findingnalaz teachersučitelji who can empathizesuosjećati
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poput pronalaska učitelja
koji mogu empatizirati
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with the complexitiessloženost
of a disadvantagednepovoljnom položaju communityzajednica,
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sa složenošću zajednica
u nepovoljnom položaju,
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lacknedostatak of fundingfinanciranje for technologytehnologija,
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nedostatka sredstava
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lownizak parentalRoditeljski involvementučešće
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niskom stopom roditeljskog učešća
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and neighborhoodsusjedstvo gangsbande that recruitNovak
childrendjeca as earlyrano as fourthČetvrta graderazred.
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i bandama iz četvrti koje regrutiraju
djecu već od četvrtog razreda.
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So here I was,
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I tako, evo mene,
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the foundingosnivanje principalRavnatelj of a middlesrednji schoolškola
that was a districtokrug publicjavnost schoolškola,
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osnivačice srednje škole
koja je bila javna škola,
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and I only had 45 kidsdjeca to startpočetak.
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i imala sam samo 45 djece za početak.
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ThirtyTrideset percentposto of them had specialposeban needspotrebe.
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30 posto njih su bila djeca
s posebnim potrebama.
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Eighty-sixOsamdeset-šest percentposto of them
were belowispod graderazred levelnivo
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ispod razrednog prosjeka
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in Englishengleski and in mathmatematika.
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iz područja Engleskog i matematike.
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And 100 percentposto were livingživot
belowispod the povertysiromaštvo levelnivo.
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100 posto njih je živjelo
ispod granice siromaštva.
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If our childrendjeca are not in our classroomsučionice,
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Ako naša djeca nisu u našim učionicama,
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how will they learnnaučiti?
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kako će učiti?
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And if they're not learningučenje,
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I ako ne uče,
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where would they endkraj up?
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gdje će završiti?
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It was evidentevidentan when I would
askpitati my 13-year-old-godinu star,
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To je postalo očito kako bih pitala
svog trinaestogodišnjeg učenjaka,
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"YoungMladi man,
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"Mladiću,
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where do you see yourselfsami in fivepet yearsgodina?"
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gdje se vidiš za pet godina?"
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And his responseodgovor:
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Njegov odgovor:
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"I don't know if I'm gonna
liveživjeti that long."
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"Ne znam hoću li živjeti toliko dugo."
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Or to have a youngmladi womanžena say to me
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Ili kada bi mi mlada žena rekla
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that she had a lifelongdoživotan goalcilj
of workingrad in a fast-foodbrze hrane restaurantrestoran.
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kako je njezin životni cilj raditi u
restoranu brze prehrane.
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To me, this was unacceptableneprihvatljiv.
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Meni je to bilo neprihvatljivo.
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It was alsotakođer evidentevidentan that they had no ideaideja
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Isto tako je bilo očito kako nisu imali
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that there was a landscapepejzaž of opportunityprilika
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pojma kako postoji krajolik prilika
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that existedpostojala beyondIznad theirnjihov neighborhoodsusjedstvo.
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koji se nalazi izvan njihove četvrti.
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We call our studentsstudenti "scholarsZnanstvenici,"
because they're lifelongdoživotan learnersučenici.
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Učenike nazivamo "učenjacima,"
jer doživotno uče.
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And the skillsvještine that they learnnaučiti todaydanas
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I vještine koje nauče danas, će ih
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will preparepripremiti them for collegekoledž
and careerkarijera readinessspremnost.
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pripremiti za fakultet i karijeru.
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I choseizabrati the royalkraljevski colorsboje
of purplepurpurna boja and blackcrno,
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Odabrala sam kraljevske boje,
ljubičastu i crnu,
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because I want them to be remindedpodsjetio
that they are descendantspotomci of greatnessVeličina,
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jer želim da se podsjete
kako su potomci izvanrednosti,
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and that throughkroz educationobrazovanje,
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i kako, kroz obrazovanje,
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they are futurebudućnost engineersinženjeri,
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oni su budući inžinjeri,
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scientistsznanstvenici,
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znanstvenice,
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entrepreneurspoduzetnici
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poduzetnice,
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and even leadersčelnici who can and will
take over this worldsvijet.
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pa čak i vođe koje mogu i hoće
vladati ovim svijetom.
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To datedatum,
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Do sada,
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we have had threetri graduatingdiplome classesklase,
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at a 98 --
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maturirala, sa 98 --
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At a 98-percent-posto graduationdiplome ratestopa.
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Sa 98-postotnom stopom mature.
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This is nearlyskoro 200 childrendjeca,
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To je gotovo 200 djece,
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who are now going to some of the mostnajviše
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koja sada pohađaju neke od
najkonkurentnijih srednjih škola
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when my scholarznanstvenik, VidalVidal ChastanetChastanet,
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kada je moj učenjak, Vidal Chastanet,
susreo Brandona Stantona,
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the founderosnivač of the popularpopularan blogblog
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osnivača popularnog bloga
"Ljudi New York-a."
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BrandonBrandon sharedpodijeljen the storypriča
of a youngmladi man from BrownsvilleBrownsville
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Brandon je podijelio priču
o mladiću iz Brownsville-a
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who had witnessedsvjedoci violencenasilje firsthandiz prve ruke,
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koji je, iz prve ruke, svjedočio nasilju,
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by witnessingSvjedoci a man
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kada je vidio kako je čovjek
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YetJoš he can still
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No, on može biti pod utjecajem
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who had openedotvori up a schoolškola
that believesvjeruje in all childrendjeca.
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koja je otvorila školu
koja vjeruje u svu djecu.
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VidalVidal embodiesutjelovljuje the storypriča of so manymnogi
of our underprivilegednerazvijene childrendjeca
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Vidal utjelovljuje priču mnoge
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who are strugglingbore to survivepreživjeti,
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koja se muče sa preživljavanjem,
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whichkoji is why we mustmora
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i zato moramo postaviti obrazovanje
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Brandon'sBrandon postpošta createdstvorio a globalglobalno sensationosjećaj
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Brandon-ov post je stvorio
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that touchedganut the livesživot of millionsmilijuni.
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koja je dirnula živote milijuna ljudi.
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This resultedje rezultiralo in 1.4 millionmilijuna
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for our scholarsZnanstvenici to attendprisustvovati fieldpolje tripsputovanja
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kako bi naši učenjaci mogli obilaziti
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znanstvene (STEM) ljetne programe,
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as well as collegekoledž scholarshipsstipendije.
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kao i dobiti fakultetske stipendije.
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You need to understandrazumjeti
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that when 200 youngmladi people
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they now understoodrazumjeti
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that a collegekoledž of theirnjihov choiceizbor
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kako je fakultet njihovog izbora
stvarna mogućnost.
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And the impossibilitiesnemogućnosti
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I nemogućnosti koje
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by a disadvantagednepovoljnom položaju communityzajednica
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siromašnom zajednicom,
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were replacedzamijeniti by hopenada and purposesvrha.
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su zamijenjene nadom i svrhom.
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The revolutionrevolucija in educationobrazovanje
is happeningdogađa in our schoolsškola,
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Revolucija obrazovanjem
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with adultsodrasli who providepružiti love,
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sa odraslima koji pružaju ljubav,
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structurestruktura,
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supportpodrška
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and knowledgeznanje.
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i znanje.
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These are the things
that inspirenadahnuti childrendjeca.
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To su stvari koje motiviraju djecu.
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But it is not an easylako taskzadatak.
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Ali to nije lagan zadatak.
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And there are highvisok demandszahtjevi
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I postoje visoki zahtjevi
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withinunutar an educationobrazovanje systemsistem
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unutar sustava obrazovanja koji
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But I have a dynamicdinamičan groupskupina of educatorsodgojitelji
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koji surađuju kao tim kako bi
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They take time beyondIznad theirnjihov schoolškola day,
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Rade i izvan normalnog radnog vremena,
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and come in on weekendsvikendom
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i dolaze vikendima
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i čak troše svoj novac
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when we do not have it.
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kako bi kupili stvari
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And as the principalRavnatelj,
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I have to inspectpregledati what I expectočekivati.
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moram pregledati što očekujem.
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So I showpokazati up in classesklase
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and I conductponašanja observationszapažanja
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i izvršim pregled kako bih
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because I want my teachersučitelji
to be just as successfuluspješan
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jer želim da moji učitelji
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as the nameime MottMott HallDvorana BridgesMostovi AcademyAkademija.
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kao i ime Mott Hall Bridges Akademija.
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And I give them accesspristup to me
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whichkoji is why they all have
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includinguključujući my scholarsZnanstvenici
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uključujući moje učenjake
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whichkoji is probablyvjerojatno why I get
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i zato vjerojatno primam
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u tri ujutro.
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But we are all connectedpovezan to succeeduspjeti,
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Ali svi smo povezani da uspijemo,
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and good leadersčelnici do this.
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i dobri vođe to rade.
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Tomorrow'sSutra je futurebudućnost is sittingsjedenje
in our classroomsučionice.
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Budućnost sutrašnjice sjedi u
našim učionicama.
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And they are our responsibilityodgovornost.
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I oni su naša odgovornost.
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That meanssredstva everyonesvatko in here,
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To znači svih nas ovdje,
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and those who are watchinggledanje the screenzaslon.
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i onih koji gledaju preko zaslona.
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We mustmora believe in theirnjihov brilliancesjaj,
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Moramo vjerovati u njihovu izvrsnost,
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and remindpodsjetiti them by teachingnastava them
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i podsjetiti ih podučavanjem
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that there indeeddoista is powervlast in educationobrazovanje.
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kako ima moći u obrazovanju.
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
Translated by Tilen Pigac - EFZG
Reviewed by Ivan Stamenkovic

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nadia Lopez - Educator
Nadia Lopez is the founding principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy, where she is showing the world how underprivileged communities can beat the odds and create positive institutions that have a global impact.

Why you should listen

Dr. Nadia Lopez is pioneering a path of inspired leadership. The founding principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy, a New York City Public School, Lopez became a viral sensation after one of her students was featured on the popular blog, Humans of New York. Millions of people around the world discovered the positive learning environment, high expectations and growing success rate at her school, which is located right in the middle of one of the most under-served communities in America. In 2015 a Humans of New York fundraiser raised $1.4 million to take Lopez's students on college trips that include Harvard University, Summer STEAM programs and college scholarships.

Lopez's story was shared across numerous media outlets and resulted in her guest appearing on the Ellen Show, visiting President Barack Obama at the White House and receiving the Medal of Distinction from Barnard College. In addition, Lopez was honored alongside First Lady Michelle Obama with the Change Agent Award at the Black Girls Rock show hosted on BET Networks.

Lopez's passion, belief in children and strong conviction has been unwavering in her belief that her community needs strong leadership. Despite the adversities she faced in opening Mott Hall Bridges Academy in 2010, Lopez is encouraged and inspired to see children overcome the "beautiful challenges" of Brownsville and ensuring that they are admitted into some of the most competitive high schools in New York City. Understanding the power of programming, Lopez continues to impact the lives of children through her "She Is Me" and "I Matter" initiatives, which have served thousands of youth throughout Central Brooklyn by providing workshops, forums and mentoring. Lopez continues to influence and inspire the world through her company The Lopez Effect, which offers a blueprint for personal and organizational success.

More profile about the speaker
Nadia Lopez | Speaker | TED.com