My childhood is filled with memories of visiting my mother's home economics classroom at West Seneca West High School. I loved poking around the refrigerator, sneaking leftovers and pumping the pedal of a sewing machine to make the needle move. I grasped what she was teaching in those rooms, but she had another classroom with desks and chairs, and a chalkboard filled with words about jobs and budgets.

Tim O’Shei is executive director of Education Revolution Association (ERA), a nonprofit that operates in Buffalo, New York City and northeast Ohio.

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