Letter to a Young No Excuses Student
This fall, Boston’s largest public elementary school, with an all-minority student body, will reopen as a no-excuses charter.
Dear [insert name here]:Another school year is about to start and I’ve got some exciting changes to share with you. Your old school, John J. Marshall, with its low expectations and old teachers is no more. Instead, you will be attending UP Academy: an exciting new school with fresh new teachers, fresh new administrators and none of the excuses that were the rule at your old school. So what can you expect? Let’s take a look…
8 hours 4 schoolThe first thing you’ll notice is that you don’t get to home for a really long time. You see, here’s the