?At first, I was trying to get the kids to not talk. But then I took a step back and let them socialize and work together on projects. That's when things started to really happen. Someone would do something different, all would gather around, see it, and then go back to their own.'' *
? Howard Abrams, software engineer and member of his kids' school's computer club
Programming for Children, Minus Cryptic Syntax New York Times
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Average increase of number of school days per year attended for students affected by truancy mentoring in NYC.
Truant Students Are Heeding Their Wake-Up Calls New York Times
*This quote does not necessarily represent the views of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.