Education
Torpy: A darn good charter school
By Bill Torpy
Nov 14, 2014There is an antidote to the disgust and despair that emanate from the APS cheating trial, and its name is Drew. As in the Charles R. Drew charter school, an oasis of hope on Memorial Drive.
The school, which opened in 2000, set out to refute the myth that poor and minority students can’t learn. It’s done that quite handsomely, thank you.
Now, if we could just build 33 more of them.
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About the Author
Bill Torpy continues to contribute columns to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since retiring in 2025. The Chicago native started covering metro Atlanta for the AJC in 1990.
