Professional educators have long debated how to best serve inner-city students. An especially innovative approach has been suggested and implemented in many cities: that is, recreating the school as the center of the community. A full-service school aims to fulfill a deep need for troubled youth to feel they are part of a violence-free, nurturing community.
The PEW Partnership for Civic Change, a research organization that documents and disseminates cutting-edge community solutions, maintains an attractive, optimistic website. Go to http://www.pew-partnership.org/bestpract/whylock.html/ and access the article “Why Lock the Doors at Three O’clock?” Read the brief introductory material; then summarize the aims and methods of Waco’s “Lighted Schools.”
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