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How a Chinatown school is trying to bring more diversity to theater

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In 2005, Lee co-founded NAAP to offer summertime musical theater programs to schoolchildren in Chinatown. Related: Theater helps English language learners master Common Core: But can it close the achievement gap? Yet, funding for the arts currently shows no sign of rebounding from cutbacks stemming from George W.

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A school once known for gang activity is now sending kids to college

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Ocon, who had been at the school since 2005, became convinced that the source of the dismal performance numbers was not the kids but a hidebound curriculum that was simply not working to their benefit. Related: An urban charter school achieves a fivefold increase in the percentage of its black and Latino graduates who major in STEM.

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