In person at Brookline Booksmith! Celebrate the release of 
Teacher By Teacher
 with author John B. King, Jr., in conversation with Jennifer De Leon.
This event is cosponsored by the Puerto Rican Festival of Massachusetts (PRFMA).
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Teacher By Teacher: The People Who Change Our Lives
Teacher By Teacher 
traces the remarkable journey of the 10th U.S. Secretary of Education and is a deeply personal love letter to all the teachers in our lives.
​The story of John B. King Jr.’s inspiring path to President Obama’s Cabinet begins the day that his mother died. He insisted on going to school that day, knowing he would find comfort in his classroom. As he navigated living alone with a father dying from undiagnosed Alzheimer’s, it was public school teachers who saved his life. King’s teachers believed in him and saw his potential. They made school a safe, supportive, and engaging place where King could be a kid despite the challenges at home. While some might have dismissed a rebellious young Black and Puerto Rican teen whose life was in crisis, King’s teachers and counselors gave him a second chance.
King went on to earn degrees from Harvard, Columbia, and Yale and committed his career to trying to do for other young people what educators did for him. 
Teacher By Teacher
 is an inspiring account of how dedicated educators—both King’s own teachers and the phenomenal teachers who he has encountered throughout his career as a teacher, principal, and education policymaker—can profoundly shape the lives of their students. King’s experiences constantly reinforce the role of schools as places of survival, healing, and hope.
This book is about overcoming challenges and the mentors who help us make it through them. 
Teacher By Teacher 
should inspire students, parents, teachers, and everyone who believes in the transformative power of education. But more than that, this book examines the life-changing impact of mentorship, especially for those who are underserved by public institutions and social systems in America.
John B. King, Jr. 
served in President Barack Obama’s cabinet as the tenth U.S. Secretary of Education. Over the course of his extensive and influential career in public education, he has been a high school social studies teacher, a middle school principal, the first African American and Puerto Rican to serve as New York State Education Commissioner, a college professor, and the president and CEO of the Education Trust, a national education civil rights organization. King is currently the chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY), the nation’s largest comprehensive system of public higher education. Both of King’s parents were career New York City public school educators. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, an education researcher and former teacher, and his two daughters.
Jennifer De Leon
 is a former Boston Public Schools teacher and the author of YA novels 
Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From
 (Simon & Schuster, 2020) and 
Borderless 
(Simon & Schuster, 2023) and the essay collection 
White Space: Essays on Culture, Race, & Writing 
(UMass Press, 2021). She has taught at Harvard University, Boston College, and UMass Boston. Currently, she is a tenured associate professor at Framingham State University.
About PRFMA
The Puerto Rican Festival of Massachusetts is a cultural organization that amplifies and celebrates the Puerto Rican community of the Commonwealth. We build community through artistic and cultural celebration, youth and community engagement, education, and service.
About Brookline Booksmith
We are one of New England’s premier independent bookstores, family-owned and locally run since 1961. We offer an extensive selection of new, used, and bargain books; unique, beautiful gifts; award-winning events series; and specialty foods. Every day, we strive to foster community through the written word, represent a diverse range of voices and histories, and inspire conversations that enrich our lives. Find more at 
brooklinebooksmith.com
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