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Bridging the town and gown divide

by Jon Marcus

“Trudging in from the cold and dark after long days at work, students settle in on stackable chairs around folding tables in a room austere but for a whiteboard and a lonely plastic Christmas tree.” Read more here.

 

 

Publication date: 2016-12-20
Parent publication: PBS Newshour
Publisher: The Hechinger Report
by Jon Marcus

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