watch npr employee afghanistan refugee eventually arrest join others block newly appoint secretary education betsy devos enter school dc first day job back 2011 newt gingrich run president propose radical idea help school cut cost fire janitors pay students cleaning.needless say idea turn students moonlight janitors much support gingrich presidential campaign.but ask kim de costa say anything radical ask students clean school janitors instead students grade 6-12 meet team twice week clean assign areas.de costa executive director armadillo technical institute public charter school phoenix ore. miles california border.for 30 minutes lunch students sweep mop take trash even clean bathrooms responsibilities rotate one stick scrub toilets two three time year.de costa say easy encourage students respect environment ones responsible preserve really want school students take ownership make say de costa help find ati 1999.the school still maintenance staff difficult dangerous work part students ati handle daily upkeep little help peer pressure school stay clean.eden cox 10th-grader say recently confront classmate leave mess behind get say please throw trash away cox recall school say emphasis place like ati build cleanup curriculum rare unite states.but japan long tradition students clean schools.there school learn book say michael auslin former english teacher japan learn become member society take responsibility oneself say auslin resident scholar director japan study american enterprise institute.to make clean easy japanese students put slippers enter classroom prevent dirt drag room.many hand make light workat brentwood academy outside nashville tenn. keep school spick-and-span part daily routine students.each day p.e students private prep school report 10 minutes clean-up duty assign areas.susan shafer school director communications consider clean-up additional component school mission educate whole person try train life say shafer go go college one go clean dorm room maddie jarrard 11th-grader responsible dust classroom every day say even sport game brentwood players expect stay behind pick trash leave stand try keep place clean say jarrard refer brentwood staff also try build character student parent might balk idea school take time away class make students push broom educators ati brentwood say parent show overwhelm support npr japanese school employ janitors…why americans demand school adopt policy video