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Ridgeland Middle School

Thank you Dr. Hines…enjoyed your presentation…you were the bomb!! If ever in the Low Country of SC…stop by…we’re right outside of Savannah/Hilton Head area!

Sylvia Cobb, Ed. S., GCDF
School Counselor
Ridgeland Middle School

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The School District – Palm Beach County

Thanks so much. I really enjoyed your presentation. Your message is one that needs to be presented in every school that our students attend. Have a great day.

God Bless,
Sandra Weatherspoon

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Benson High School Magnet

“Dr. Hines provided a very illuminating professional development series for our staff. He quickly engaged their minds and heart in a dialogue about diversity, children and what we can do as educators to allow them a better experience in today’s urban high school.”

Anita Baldwin
Principal
Benson High School Magnet
Omaha, Nebraska

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Klein Oak High School – Klein Independent School District

One of my personal research interests is in the area of working with minority students in order to increase academic achievement. Any time I go to a national conference, I always make it a point to attend sessions regarding this subject. Of every presenter I have heard, including some of the most famous in the country, Dr. Hines is without a doubt the best. The difference between Dr. Hines and a lot of other “big name” presenters I have heard is that when you leave a presentation by Dr. Hines, you feel motivated and inspired to make a difference, and that you actually can make a difference, regardless of your culture, race, and educational attainment. He makes you believe that regardless of the situation, you can have a positive impact on students. I’ve not always gotten that message from some presenters I have heard.

Benjamin Petty, Assistant Principal
Klein Oak High School
Klein Independent School District

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Hopkins Public School District

I first attended Dr. Mack Hines workshop at the 2010 conference of the National Association of Black School Educators.  I was immediately impressed with his enthusiasm in the knowledge of culturally proficient teaching strategies and pedagogy.  Dr. Hines presented the value and ultimate effects of knowing and learning the cultures that one teaches, in order to authentically realize the academic successes of the student.  When I returned from that conference, I immediately contacted Dr. Hines to come to the Hopkins, Minnesota school district to do a daylong workshop.  Because we are a predominately white district, and the color of our classrooms is changing, our teaching staff has requested staff development in culturally responsive teaching.  In coming to our district, Dr. Hines assisted our teaching staff in discussing race, culture and ethnicity and how to infuse these elements in our teaching.  The staff continues to speak highly of Dr. Hines and how he came into our district and transformed the thinking and teaching of many.

Dr. Stanley H. Brown, Equity Specialist
Hopkins Public School District

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