106. Creating Global Citizens Starting in K-8 with Dr. Naomi Johnson-Booker

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The ease with which we can travel and connect with others across the globe is mind-blowing, when you think about how people traveled and communicated just a generation or two ago. But yet, in some of the lower-income communities in the U.S., people often live and work within a 10-block radius. That means the children of these communities have their worlds limited to these confines too.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That’s what makes what Dr. Naomi Johnson-Booker even more extraordinary. This week on the podcast, Dr. Booker is sharing how the Global Leadership Academy is growing global citizens, starting in kindergarten.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Travel opens up minds and hearts, and it also opens up incredible opportunities for these students, who travel across their state of Pennsylvania, into Canada, and even as far as China, the Caribbean, and Kenya. As K-8 students!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m in awe of all that Dr. Booker has been able to accomplish since founding this school and I hope our conversation provides inspiration to you!</span></p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">About Dr. Naomi Johnson-Booker:</span></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Booker is 76 years old and still works with the motivation and strength she had when she first entered education more than 50 years ago. Dr. Booker’s claim to fame is that after leaving the School District of Philadelphia where she went from a 3</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">rd</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">-grade teacher to an assistant superintendent, she created the first K-8 public charter school in the United States to send urban scholars on expeditions at every grade level to include international travel. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And this dedicated septuagenarian has more than one job—she is the Founder and CEO of the</span> <a href="https://glacharter.org/"><span style= "font-weigh