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29. And equally true ...

Thu May 2, 2013, 09:10 PM

May 2013

Treat a school like a school and teachers are free to be teachers.

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Principal fires security guards to hire art teachers — and transforms elementary school [View all] OneGrassRoot May 2013 OP

Now this is the kind of news... ReRe May 2013 #1

best reply mercuryblues May 2013 #2

Thanks OGR! BlueToTheBone May 2013 #3

Give kids a reason to go to school and they will...and enjoy it too SoCalDem May 2013 #4

Qutie the concept, eh? BlueToTheBone May 2013 #6

I've always thought children were like sponges. mountain grammy May 2013 #10

Drippy and stickey? xtraxritical May 2013 #20

hahaha, yeah, that too. mountain grammy May 2013 #22

love it RedstDem May 2013 #5

Great news. Maybe there's hope. marble falls May 2013 #7

Saw the report on TV. Very impressive!! nt kelliekat44 May 2013 #8

K&R abelenkpe May 2013 #9

Funny how that works, huh? nt Javaman May 2013 #11

Great story - thanks for posting it NewJeffCT May 2013 #15

K&R redqueen May 2013 #17

Well, duh, think of the different messages to students Warpy May 2013 #18

Treat a school like a prison and students become criminals. Kablooie May 2013 #19

And equally true ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2013 #29

WOW WOW AND MORE WOW! I wish this would go viral. A must see. snagglepuss May 2013 #21

rec number 100! Yeah! BlancheSplanchnik May 2013 #23

my heart breaks for these kids nowadays datasuspect May 2013 #24

K & R SunSeeker May 2013 #25

Well I hope those art teachers can repel an attack SirRevolutionary May 2013 #26

more like this... librechik May 2013 #27

But we've lost sight that this is what THEY want erronis May 2013 #28

k&r!!! Starry Messenger May 2013 #30