New Times Behind the Scenes: How We Made This Week's Cover

This week's cover story dove into the pitfalls of Mavericks High Schools -- a for-profit charter school company that hands out promises of aiding at-risk kids. Check out our behind-the-scenes look at how illustrator extraordinaire Peter Ryan made this week's cover...

By Adele Hampton

December 29, 2011

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This week's cover story dove into the pitfalls of Mavericks High Schools -- a for-profit charter school company that hands out promises of aiding at-risk kids.

Check out our behind-the-scenes look at how illustrator extraordinaire Peter Ryan made this week's cover.

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