inbluevt | Date: Friday, 2013/05/03, 6:31 PM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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In defiance of societal trends, a K-8 principal fired all his public school’s security guards and reinvested in the arts, drastically improving grades and test scores in a school that once “had a prison feel,” NBC News reports
Orchard Gardens, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, was founded in 2003, but quickly fell to the bottom of public schools in the state. Of 800 students, “more than 90% qualify for free or reduced lunch, 25% are learning to speak English, and 25% require Individual Education Plans to meet special needs,” according to the pilot school’s website.
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LIBertea | Date: Friday, 2013/05/03, 7:20 PM | Message # 2 | DMCA |
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Best title ever!!!!!
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Scorpone | Date: Friday, 2013/05/03, 7:39 PM | Message # 3 | DMCA |
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Love it when educators educate with broader strokes
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