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    How hard times in LA schools sparked a ‘teacherpreneur’ to create BirdBrain Science

    It was a devastating time for the young teachers who worked at John H. Liechty Middle School near downtown Los Angeles. It was 2009, and 72 percent of the school’s teachers were handed pink slips, casualties of America’s crumbling economy. Brendan Finch, working there through Teach For America, was among those let go, though he...

    By Mark Keierleber | February 26, 2016



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