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Teacher Kevin Gillion gives Spanish lessons
Against a backdrop of failing public schools throughout the state of Texas, there is a new program at Austin High School showing new initiative. It’s the Academy for Global Studies. Read the full description.
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All one-hundred-and-twenty-five freshmen at the Academy for Global Studies are getting an internationally-focused curriculum that's designed improvisationally, by a handful of teachers. These students were chosen to be part of the Academy by a lottery, so the class is diverse culturally, socio-economically, and academically.
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All one-hundred-and-twenty-five freshmen at the Academy for Global Studies are getting an internationally-focused curriculum that's designed improvisationally, by a handful of teachers. These students were chosen to be part of the Academy by a lottery, so the class is diverse culturally, socio-economically, and academically.
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KUT News (Austin), 12/15/08
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