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OPINION: Against all odds, a small school in a big city is changing lives by focusing on emotions

Schools routinely administer academic assessments to get a handle on what incoming students know, and how best to help them learn more.  They should do the same for what’s going on inside a student’s heart, taking a lesson from “the toughest prep school in America,” which Benedictine monks hav

By The Hechinger Report

OPINION: Against all odds, a small school in a big city is changing lives by focusing on emotions

Schools routinely administer academic assessments to get a handle on what incoming students know, and how best to help them learn more.  They should do the same for what’s going on inside a student’s heart, taking a lesson from “the toughest prep school in America,” which Benedictine monks hav