Alum teaches for America in old backyard
Ten minutes into Tuesday morning, the seventh-graders are almost ready for gym class. Deborah Frankel ’06, an English teacher at Katherine Brennan School in New Haven, stands with a timer in her hand, waiting on one slowpoke. The student, who has a bag strapped across her shoulder despite the “no backpacks in class” rule, is getting ready to talk back to her teacher.
She opens her mouth, only to close it again. Frankel smiles knowingly, and thanks her student for exhibiting self-control. Though Frankel is in only her second year of teaching for Teach for America, she looks like a...
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