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A Peek Inside Hip Hop High

Over the weekend, the Los Angeles Times had an interesting Column One feature about a school here in our backyard: The Media Arts Academy, a charter school in Hawthorne known as Hip Hop High.

From the story:

"(The academy) exemplifies, in some ways, the promise and the challenges of the charter school movement.

It is a place where failing students get a second chance. Media Arts showers them with attention, treats them with respect, offers plenty of independence and, along the way, gives them the opportunity to lay down their own hip-hop beats and raps."

Read the entire article here.

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