Miller, Kimberly,

Class Warfare. Kimberly Miller. - Palm Beach Post, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 16, Institutions, 1522-3256; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. 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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Achievement tests
Education--Secondary
High school principals
High school students--Attitudes
High schools
Mathematics--Study and teaching
Reading comprehension
School discipline
Teachers--Attitudes
Teachers--Dismissal of
Teachers--Selection and appointment


Palm Beach County (Fla.)

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