Taft IT High School Students Challenged To Reflect On Ways To Make Our Schools Safer

On May 1st, Strauss Troy’s Make a Difference (MAD) Team hosted 22 students and three teachers from Taft IT High School for the annual Freedom Writers competition. The Freedom Writers program is based on the national model started by teacher Erin Gruwell in California. Working with “at-risk” students, Gruwell encouraged them to participate in a dialogue and …Read More