Paper Tigers

Paper Tigers (2015)

May 28th, 20151h 42min

Documentary
77%

Overview

Follows a year in the life of an alternative high school that has radically changed its approach to disciplining its students, becoming a promising model for how to break the cycles of poverty, violence and disease that affect families.


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