THE TEACHER: SIMON HAUGER

摘要

Something funny happened when, in 1998, Simon Hauger started an after-school program for his West Philadelphia High math and science students. "The kids did exceptionally well," he says. "And kids from our school weren't supposed to do exceptionally well." In a city with a graduation rate near 50 percent, the program grew, and so did the students' ambitions; by 2000 they were entering a vehicle of their own design in an international hybrid-electric-car competition. In 2002 they won-beating out teams from MIT and private corporations. Subsequent models drew national media attention, and an invitation for four of Hauger's students to meet President Obama at the White House.