As a teacher of history, government and law at Forest Park High School in Baltimore, Darrin Brozene discovered that “if students connect with you, you can push them to excel.” 

Especially when teaching government, he would tell them, “This is why you’re doing it. Here’s how it applies today.” In his view, building connections to our times has never been more important than it is right now.

He liked looking at the electoral map with his students at the Baltimore city school. He also liked coming up with thought experiments.