Instructions for middle and high school teachers who are interested in assigning their students an engaging group project.

On April 29, 1989, I experienced the murder of my student, Alex Freeman Orange, 17, from West Charlotte High School. I was in my 15th year of teaching. He was my 8th student to die from gun violence ...

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