This is a story of a young man who sacrificed a promising career as an attorney to work at a fledgling charter school in Anacostia, Washington, DC.
In 2001, Thurgood Marshall Academy was established in a church basement in the poorest neighborhood in Washington, DC. It has since become the highest performing open-enrollment school in the District.
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