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This teacher gave his students confidence to fail at math and that makes all the difference
FROM Chalkbeat Colorado
This teacher gave his students confidence to fail at math and that makes all the difference

Joe teaches second grade at Cowell Elementary in Denver, a school struggling with poverty and all the academic problems that go with it.

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Debra Hansen
 | May 12, 2015

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