New York|Bent, Not Broken
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Bent, Not Broken
Dayniah Manderson, 30, with her students at Urban Assembly Academy of Civic Engagement in the Bronx.Credit…Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times
By Kassie Bracken and Erik Olsen
- April 30, 2010
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THE young teacher knows every bump and pothole along the 10-minute ride to school. The entrance to the Bruckner Expressway is the worst. “Watch this one coming up,” she calls out to the Access-a-Ride driver.
The morning has gotten off to a bad start. Her new home health aide had forgotten to put in her hoop earrings and nose ring.
The van drops her at the Urban Assembly Academy of Civic Engagement at 7:28 a.m., an hour before most of her colleagues. The handicapped-accessible entrance ramp leads to still-locked doors. She dials the teacher who comes down each morning to [...]
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