New superintendent takes teaching to heart.

From: Providence Journal (Providence, RI) | Date: September 21, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Linda Borg

Sep. 21--PROVIDENCE -- Donnie W. Evans is an imposing man -- tall and broad-shouldered. But when he speaks to children, he drops his voice and crouches down to their level.

During a visit to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School yesterday, Evans didn't spend all his time talking with the adults. Instead, he spoke with the students.

In one classroom after another, Evans, the city's new superintendent of schools, kept asking the same questions: Do you like school? What are you learning? What does this mean?

In a first-grade class, ...

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