“ A school can create a coherent environment,” a climate more potent than any single
influence- teachers, class, family, neighborhood- “ so potent that for at least
six hours a day it can override almost everything else in the lives of
children” ( Edmonds, 1986 )
Young people describe “turnaround” schools and classrooms
as being like:
“a family”
; “a community” ; “ a sanctuary” ; “ a safe haven”….
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