Reflections of Dallas past: Cecilia Conrad acknowledges the value of a good teacher

(The Dallas Examiner) – I have a doctorate degree in economics from Stanford University and a big portion of the credit goes to Mrs. Irma Lewis, who taught math at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School in the early 1970s.Today, 3% of doctorates in economics are held by African Americans but this percentage was even tinier when I started graduate school in 1976. Women constitute less than one-third of the field. And until recently, I could count the number of Black women in the fields on my fingers and toes.Related Stories .wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles article .entry-title { font-size: 1.2em; } .wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles .entry-meta { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; margin-top: 0.5em; } .wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles article .entry-meta { font-size: 0.8em; } .wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles article .avatar { height: 25px; width: 25px; } .wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles .post-thumbnail{ margin: 0; margin-bottom: 0.25em; } .wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles .post-thumbnail img { height: auto; width: 100%; } .wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles .post-thumbnail figcaption { margin-bottom: 0.5em; } .wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles p { margin: 0.5em 0; } .wpnbha.ts-2 .entry-title{font-size: 0.9em}.wpnbha.ts-2 article .newspack-post-subtitle, .wpnbha.ts-2 article .entry-wrapper p, .wpnbha.ts-2 article .entry-wrapper .more-link, .wpnbha.ts-2 article .entry-meta {font-size: 0.8em;} Reflections of Dallas Past: Dedicated teachers in a racially segregated city Reflections of Dallas Past: Neighborhoods, schools, Black businesses and Negro Day Reflections of Dallas Past: Growing...