At this Fort Worth charter school, Texas adults are getting a second chance at a diploma

Tiphainne Wright reads Margaret Atwood's novel “The Handmaid's Tale” in English class at New Heights High School on Nov. 6, in Fort Worth. (Credit: Maria Crane for The Texas Tribune)

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FORT WORTH — Tiphainne Wright tapped her foot as she flipped through her copy of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the dystopian novel. To be dismissed from class that November day, Wright and her fellow students had to identify a metaphor or motif in that week’s reading.