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NORTHWEST EDUCATION MAGAZINE

Winter 1999
Volume 5 Number 2
City Kids: What Helps Them Thrive


In this issue

Lessons from the Cities
Even in the livable Northwest, urban school districts are no strangers to challenges.
How To Spell SuccessResources for Teachers, PrincipalsUrban Northwest: By the Numbers

The Superintendent Who Listens
Ben Canada works ’round the clock to bring Portland Public Schools back to health.
Searching For a North Star

The Education of an Angel
In a poor neighborhood of Seattle, an extraordinary gift gives children a chance at success.
Allies for Education

A City Fit for Kids
Boise invites its youngest citizens to shape the city of the future.
Scaling Up the Positives

Teachers Wanted: Must Like Snow
Recruiters invite adventurous teachers to consider Anchorage, where students speak 85 languages and wilderness is a mountaintop away.

A Hero’s Welcome
Tony Hopson gives children what they need to thrive in a community where hope has been in short supply.

What Works

In the Library

Voices

Dialogue

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