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From First-generation College Student to First Lady

by MARGARET DANIELS TYLER AND KAREN Y. JOHNS , January 22, 2009

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We have an opportunity for real change in the coming years — to provide a quality education as the vehicle to success for all people. Michelle Obama’s experience shows that the system can work.

As we celebrate her success as first lady, each of us can recommit ourselves to make sure the system works for more young people from the Southside of Chicago and other communities all across the country. If we are successful in doing that, the legacy of the Obama presidency will extend well beyond his tenure in the White House.

Margaret Daniels Tyler is a senior program officer with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Karen Y. Johns is president and founder of the Johns Group LLC, a consultancy that helps corporations and educational institutions develop diverse educational and work force talent pipelines.

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