COLUMBIA — The way Peter Stiepleman tells it, he was an insurance agent in Oakland, Calif., when one day he attended a "Drop Everything and Read Day" at a local school. The children were supposed to be singing "Take the 'A' Train," but the teacher accompanying them on the piano was going too fast for them to keep up.
Future schools leader Stiepleman commits to life of helping children
Sunday, March 28, 2010 | 12:01 a.m. CDT
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