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School Principal Madeline Cartrwight is "For the Children"

Cartwright took over Blaine Elementary School in a run-down, drug-infested neighborhood in North Philadelphia. One of her first acts when she took over the school was to get down on her hands and knees and scrub the foul-smelling children's bathroom. Cartwright got parents involved in the school, made it a safe place for the children to learn, brought up test scores and attendance, and became the subject of a a 1990 New York Times Magazine cover story: "Hope in Hell's Classroom." Now she's written her own story of Blaine Elementary School, called "For the Children: Lessons from a Visionary Principal."

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Other segments from the episode on September 9, 1994

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, September 9, 1994: Interview with Madeline Cartwright; Review of the fall television season; Interview with Mary Previte; Review of the film "A Good Man in Africa."

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