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Achievement First Secret #2 – Just Don’t Deal With Kids. Lock them up and force them Out

By Pat Crowley on August 23, 2011

Teaching kids is tough work.  Achievement First seems to have found a short cut through the hard stuff though – Here is another story about their track record on New York City from NYDAILYNEWS.COM: She has served detention for slouching, humming and failing to look her teachers in the eye. It’s no surprise that former honors [...]

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