‘Someone who looks like them’: Dallas ISD program is getting more Black, Latino men into classrooms

Every morning, Dejesus Adefuye asks his third-grade language arts students at Daniel Webster Elementary school in Dallas how they’re feeling and if they are ready to learn. The answers he receives aren’t always positive, so he’ll hand the student a purple stuffed monster and give the kids 15 minutes to get their thoughts and feelings off their chest.

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