Repeat after me: I will go to college

Daily affirmations are a popular teaching tool in charter schools.   Some are traditional mottos ("Try, try again") while others have a more goal-oriented purpose ("Where are we headed? To college and back!").  "We need to say it out loud so that we can get that feeling that we can do it if we believe in ourselves." Hear the story from a Berkeley charter on Youth Radio.charter

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