T hat is increasingly the sentiment of teachers and youth leaders around the country.
They happen to be the words of Louis Martinez, when he was principal of gang-plagued Garfield Middle School in Albuquerque, New Mexico. During the first 20 days of that school year, there were 91 recorded incidents of physical violence. One year later, during the same period, there were 26 such incidents. Encourage students to educate themselves and each other. And there are consequences.