Helen Lambert Scott is a legend at Detroit's inner city Angell Elementary School. "It is quite evident which children come up from Mrs. Scott's third grade," says Angell Fourth Grade Teacher Dorothy Lindsey. "They are well behaved. They jump right in and attack their work. They listen. They participate."
Scott's classroom may be decorated with pictures of spaceships, but she is an oldfashioned, demanding teacher. Her classroom method is a blend of love, dignity, discipline and self-confidence rooted in unshakable dedication to children. Says she: "I don't care what a child looks like,...
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