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[quote=Anonymous]This is so encouraging. I especially like these couple of excerpts from the article. "Before arriving at Ron Brown, Williams said, many students would act out in class “to hide their deficiencies, to hide their fears, to hide their inability to access the work … that’s a mask that they wore for a long time, and they had to take it off.” also: "Matthews, now 15, recalled that he arrived at the school ready for trouble, accustomed to talking back to teachers. The first surprise: the school's required uniform, a Navy blue blazer, white Oxford shirt and purple-and-gold striped tie. He wasn't happy about it, but soon saw its value: When he and his classmates wore the uniform off campus, people treated them differently, like "young, nice men.” Echoing Williams, he said that around mid-October, things changed. He began pushing himself harder and opening up during circle time. "That’s how all of us were," he said. His GPA rose from 2.5 to 3.7."[/quote]
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