BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL KEEPS STUDENTS IN LINE.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: JODI WILGOREN New York Times

NEW YORK -- Nearly every hour of every school day at Bronx Preparatory Charter School begins with a recitation of rules.

Students open identical color-coded binders to the first page, tracing the words with their fingers as classmates read aloud. Raise your hand. Respect each other. Follow directions the first time.

Before entering any class, the boys and girls line up in the hallway, aligning heads one behind the other. After the bell signals a period's end, they line up again, right foot on the green tape, until a teacher escorts them to the hallway, where they wait, in line, to be admitted to the next …