From 21 instances of detainment at in-school suspension during a single semester to speaking at a national conference as an educational success story, Channen Branch has come a long way.

Channen, a 15-year-old sophomore at Ashdown High School, takes advanced placement courses and has scored proficient on both math and language benchmark tests. His current status is a far cry from where he was expected to be when he was placed in a special education program in the second grade.

Channen and his mother credit his astounding turn-around to his year and a half as a student i...

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