Mentors Give Hope to At-Risk Students

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Nathan Draper squeezed into a classroom scrum at Urban Prep Charter Academy here, elbowing a huskier classmate aside.
As 16 fellow high-school students vigorously debated rapper Lil Wayne's influence, Nathan stammered in a faint voice, "Barack Obama should be our role model."

Charter School Raises the Bar

Clayton Hauck for The Wall Street Journal

The brief statement was a small victory for the 15-year-old, whose stutter has made him reluctant to speak up in public, and for the man in the middle of the huddle, 23-year-old Yale graduate Jeremy Harp.

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