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“They’re bringing in weapons, you’re bringing in art,” says Benn of troubled students in general. “We’re using media, pop culture, technology, hip-hop. You can’t just give them a Houghton Mifflin textbook, say ‘turn to Page 29, oh you can’t read it, you fail.’ Art is the great equalizer. Technology is the great equalizer.”

   - Asheru  from the Washington Post article " By Night. Asheru. By Day. Mr. Benn. A Hip-Hop Artist Transforms Education."