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Two Worlds, One School

July 12, 2013 Written by admin

Diversity makes a positive impact on all students. Here’s one great example.

Winesburg Elementary and other nearby schools are a little-known success story in the public school system. These schools are attended by Amish and non-Amish children with different cultural practices and different home languages, yet students cooperate in the classroom and on the playground, forming meaningful friendships and achieving academic goals.

Read the rest of this heartwarming story from Teaching Tolerance.

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