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Principal driving force in turning Navajo school in N.M. around
Five years ago, George Bickert became the principal for the Tohatchi Elementary School on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico, and he turned academics into a challenge, rallied his teachers to really get to know the students, many of whom were poor and designated as English language learners, and students' performance on annual tests improved dramatically.
RezNet; 10/14/2009
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