>> and i think that it's for a lot of teachers really empowering. we're really glad people are interested in student learning and our students' learning. it can be really meaningful to have community organizations who come in and say, i want to help you, how can i help? you know, i think we're grading our students, we're assessing our students every day. just like one of the other speakers said, you know, it's lifelong learning. i have to be brave and bold enough to say, i can take feedback. i can get better. i can grow too. >> rehema, it's as if people had finally heard enough of the standards testing that ranked us so low, showed we were so mediocre in terms of the rest of the world. it's as if someone threw a switch. we've had several of the last presidents try to help us do that, but suddenly all the concentration, all the money, all the attention is coming to 9 profession of teaching. >> it really is. speaking about that, there was a