Let’s make school a place kids want to be

Let’s make school a place kids want to be

Before-school programs that feed students' passions can help kids want to be in school. (Getty Images)Anthony, one of my 5th graders, told me often that he hated school. I knew he didn’t hate learning.  He focused intensely on the things he was interested in, like maps, flags, and musical instruments. But when Anthony’s attention wandered in class, his teachers would take away his flag art and gas station maps  and turn off his music. He would l…