Class Warfare. Kimberly Miller.
by Miller, Kimberly; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 16Institutions. Publisher: Palm Beach Post, 2003ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Achievement tests | Education -- Secondary | High school principals | High school students -- Attitudes | High schools | Mathematics -- Study and teaching | Palm Beach County (Fla.) | Reading comprehension | School discipline | Teachers -- Attitudes | Teachers -- Dismissal of | Teachers -- Selection and appointmentDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Last year [2002], Forest Hill [High School in Palm Beach County, Florida] bottomed out. The state gave the school an F. Eighty-four percent of its freshmen and 83 percent of its sophomores couldn't read. At least they couldn't read well enough to pass Florida's Comprehensive Assessment Test....[Supervisory Principal Dave] Cantley came to Forest Hill as one of Palm Beach County's most revered principals. In his 20 years at Lake Worth High School, he turned that school around. But the anger of some of Forest Hill's teachers stunned him. 'I've never seen such an ingrained effort against change.'" (PALM BEACH POST) This article examines the efforts of administrators to turn around a failing high school.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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| REF SIRS 2004 Institutions Article 14 Money Troubles. | REF SIRS 2004 Institutions Article 15 Early Education. | REF SIRS 2004 Institutions Article 16 Ms. Trammell's Class. | REF SIRS 2004 Institutions Article 16 Class Warfare. | REF SIRS 2004 Institutions Article 17 Education for Profit. | REF SIRS 2004 Institutions Article 18 No Child Left Behind Act Leaves Educators Struggling. | REF SIRS 2004 Institutions Article 19 Boy in 2 Hoods. |
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Originally Published: Class Warfare, June 8, 2003; pp. 1D+.
"Last year [2002], Forest Hill [High School in Palm Beach County, Florida] bottomed out. The state gave the school an F. Eighty-four percent of its freshmen and 83 percent of its sophomores couldn't read. At least they couldn't read well enough to pass Florida's Comprehensive Assessment Test....[Supervisory Principal Dave] Cantley came to Forest Hill as one of Palm Beach County's most revered principals. In his 20 years at Lake Worth High School, he turned that school around. But the anger of some of Forest Hill's teachers stunned him. 'I've never seen such an ingrained effort against change.'" (PALM BEACH POST) This article examines the efforts of administrators to turn around a failing high school.
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