With wariness among students from both towns, Albion teens enter classrooms very different from their old school. ‘They can’t know what they haven’t been taught.’
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13 MILES TO MARSHALL: Are Albion and Marshall a model for other troubled districts? (chapter 3)
Two superintendents face down ‘racist’ concerns from parents in their communities, and begin to see the promise of their stand.
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13 MILES TO MARSHALL: For Albion students, a long day, but ‘worth it’ (chapter 4)
Seven months later, there is a growing optimism among students despite academic struggle. And the districts’ finances begin to grow.