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- catalog abstract "Ruth Wright Hayre grew up in a close, genteel family that had prized learning since the days of the Civil War. At age ten, her grandfather, Richard Robert Wright, led by his remarkable mother, marched 200 miles to attend a school for emancipated slaves in a discarded railroad boxcar in Atlanta. When Union General Oliver Otis Howard came to the classroom and asked what message he should take back north, young Richard responded, in the famous exchange immortalized by poet. John Greenleaf Whittier, "Sir, tell them we are rising." More than a century later, Ruth Wright Hayre, like her great-grandmother, would lead children on a life-changing journey to learning. After a distinguished career as a teacher, principal, administrator, college professor, and finally as a member and president of the Philadelphia Board of Education, Hayre's faith in the power of education inspired her to take on her greatest challenge - to create the "Tell Them We. Are Rising" program. With that program she issued a challenge of her own to the sixth-graders in two schools in Philadelphia's grittiest neighborhoods: graduate from high school, and she would pay their college tuition. This is the story of the family and traditions that inspired that phenomenal gift, which took 116 boys and girls through six years of public school life on the wings of one woman's determination to make a difference in their lives.".
- catalog contributor b10386584.
- catalog contributor b10386585.
- catalog contributor b10386586.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description ""Tell them we are rising." Root and branch: The family tree -- My educational odyssey -- A Philadelphia story -- The climb to the boardroom -- Not what we give but what we share -- The leap of faith -- Getting to know you -- The mentors -- The pregnancy problem -- Mission accomplished -- The risers -- What I have learned -- A last word -- Index.".
- catalog description "Are Rising" program. With that program she issued a challenge of her own to the sixth-graders in two schools in Philadelphia's grittiest neighborhoods: graduate from high school, and she would pay their college tuition. This is the story of the family and traditions that inspired that phenomenal gift, which took 116 boys and girls through six years of public school life on the wings of one woman's determination to make a difference in their lives.".
- catalog description "John Greenleaf Whittier, "Sir, tell them we are rising." More than a century later, Ruth Wright Hayre, like her great-grandmother, would lead children on a life-changing journey to learning. After a distinguished career as a teacher, principal, administrator, college professor, and finally as a member and president of the Philadelphia Board of Education, Hayre's faith in the power of education inspired her to take on her greatest challenge - to create the "Tell Them We.".
- catalog description "Ruth Wright Hayre grew up in a close, genteel family that had prized learning since the days of the Civil War. At age ten, her grandfather, Richard Robert Wright, led by his remarkable mother, marched 200 miles to attend a school for emancipated slaves in a discarded railroad boxcar in Atlanta. When Union General Oliver Otis Howard came to the classroom and asked what message he should take back north, young Richard responded, in the famous exchange immortalized by poet.".
- catalog extent "xv, 206 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Tell them we are rising.".
- catalog identifier "0471126799 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Tell them we are rising.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : John Wiley & Sons,".
- catalog relation "Tell them we are rising.".
- catalog spatial "Pennsylvania Philadelphia.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "371.1/0092 B 21".
- catalog subject "African American women teachers Biography.".
- catalog subject "African American women teachers United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Hayre, Ruth Wright, 1910-".
- catalog subject "LA2317.H49 A3 1997".
- catalog subject "Public schools Pennsylvania Philadelphia.".
- catalog tableOfContents ""Tell them we are rising." Root and branch: The family tree -- My educational odyssey -- A Philadelphia story -- The climb to the boardroom -- Not what we give but what we share -- The leap of faith -- Getting to know you -- The mentors -- The pregnancy problem -- Mission accomplished -- The risers -- What I have learned -- A last word -- Index.".
- catalog title "Tell them we are rising : a memoir of faith in education / Ruth Wright Hayre and Alexis Moore ; foreword by Ed Bradley.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".