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# Paul Cummins to discuss new book on engaging students at Montana Avenue Library
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/030205-story-20050302/
- Published: 2005-03-02T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T06:11:04.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Montana, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

A local leader in innovative education, Paul F. Cummins, co-founder of Crossroads and New Roads Schools, will be speaking at the Montana Avenue Branch Library on March 5 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Cummins will be discussing his new book, “Proceed with Passion: Engaging Students in Meaningful Education,” written with Anna Cummins and Emily Cummins.

Commenting on Cummins, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond said, “as a parent of children studying in a school founded by Paul Cummins, I have observed firsthand the reasons why he is a unique asset to American education. Into this book, he has distilled both the passion and the careful reasoning behind his successes.”

Cummins is the executive director of the New Visions Foundation, a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to find innovative ways to deliver education to as many underserved children as possible.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 2, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/030205.pdf?ref=smdp.com)