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Donalyn Miller, The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child Quotes: The purpose of school should not be to prepare students for more school. We should be seeking to have fully engaged students now.
         

The purpose of school should not be to prepare students for more school. We should be seeking to have fully engaged students now.


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