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How 'Abbott Elementary' helps teachers process the absurd realities of their job

By Aubri Juhasz
Published April 7, 2023 at 5:00 AM EDT
Quinta Brunson plays Janine, <em>Abbott Elementary</em>'s plucky protagonist who will stop at nothing to get her students what they need. Brunson, a Philadelphia native, is also the show's creator.
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Quinta Brunson plays Janine, Abbott Elementary's plucky protagonist who will stop at nothing to get her students what they need. Brunson, a Philadelphia native, is also the show's creator.

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Aubri Juhasz
Aubri Juhasz is the education reporter for New Orleans Public Radio. Before coming to New Orleans, she was a producer for National Public Radio's All Things Considered. She helped lead the show's technology and book coverage and reported her own feature stories, including the surge in cycling deaths in New York City and the decision by some states to offer competitive video gaming to high school students as an extracurricular activity.