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Teachers on Vacation Spend Time in Supreme Court

Teachers on Vacation Spend Time in Supreme Court

Teachers Adele Dalesandro, left, of St. Charles, Il., Julie Hershenberg, of Carrolton, Texas, and Jilly Harry, of Knoxville, Tenn., sit on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court after attending a program there with the Supreme Court Summer Institute for Teachers, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

WASHINGTON -- Adele Dalesandro stepped inside the U.S. Supreme Court wide-eyed. She spoke in whispers, trying to absorb everything about the room she had read so much about but had never seen.

Her first impression was that it was much smaller than she expected.

"This is not something you can replicate in the classroom," said Dalesandro, who has taught high school government and politics classes in St. Charles, Ill., for 14 years.

The teacher had become a student again.

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Source: boston.com (Reproduced with permission)

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