One of the poorest cities in America was succeeding in an education turnaround. Is that now in peril?
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 14, 2023
It’s a chilly Wednesday in April at the end of his last-ever quarterly meeting with the district’s parent advisory committee. This story also appeared in Belt Magazine “You all know that I call your kids my kids, and they won’t stop being my kids,” Gordon says, wrapping up the meeting. He takes off his glasses, wipes his eyes.
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