Special Education teacher at Friendship Preparatory Academy in Baltimore, Maryland Theresa Wilson dispenses toilet paper for students, including Kiara Claybon, foreground left, during the seventh-graders' bathroom break. Jasmine Dukes, background left, and Dakwon Temple, background right, wait to be lead back into Ms. Shayla Shelton's language arts class Thursday, April 12, 2012...Baltimore City "turnaround" school Friendship Preparatory Academy Elementary and Middle, have benefited from the federal School Improvement Grant Program thanks to a partnership with the D.C.-based Friendship Public Charter School organization (NOTE: Friendship Prep is NOT a charter school, according to the vice principal). The school, which serves 98% of the students reduced and free lunches, used the grant money for improvements like buying technology, installing white boards, painting the hallways, replacing flooring, and paying for classroom libraries...Matt Roth For Education Week
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