School in Trouble (eBook)

A Personal Story of Central Falls High School

William R. Holland (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2010
106 Seiten
R&L Education (Verlag)
978-1-60709-875-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This book seeks answers to why some Central Falls High School students had school success while over half of their classmates failed to graduate. Much can be learned from how these students survived in a chronically low-achieving school located in the poorest community in the state.

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During and after his term as interim Central Falls superintendent in 2006-2007, Bill Holland sought answers to why some Central Falls High School students had school success while over half of their classmates failed to graduate. Much can be learned from how these students survived in a chronically low-achieving school located in the poorest community in the state. Holland provides behind-the-scenes details on the issues of poverty, ineffective teaching, and cultural differences while also advising students, parents, and teachers on ways to gain greater educational success.Before the book was completed, a federal and state mandate unexpectedly resulted in the superintendent having to adopt a turn-around model and fire the entire high school faculty and staff-an action that set off a firestorm between the school and state leadership and the American Federation of Teachers. The conflict made national headlines and was mentioned by President Obama as a prime example of a "e;last resort"e; approach in reforming failing inner-city schools.

Autor

William R. Holland is a former Rhode Island commissioner of education and professor emeritus in educational leadership at Rhode Island College. Previously, he was a school superintendent for twenty years in Massachusetts and Rhode Island with his last assignment being interim superintendent in Central Falls during the 2006-2007 school year.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 ForewordChapter 2 IntroductionChapter 3 Interim Superintendent in Central FallsChapter 4 The Obstacles to Success in an Inner-City SchoolChapter 5 A Jaded Perception of Urban SchoolsChapter 6 An Urban Principal Questions Dropout FiguresChapter 7 Residential Instability Among LatinosChapter 8 The Role of PovertyChapter 9 The Need for Better TeachingChapter 10 Is It Poverty or Better Teaching?Chapter 11 The Unique City of Central FallsChapter 12 Central Falls High School TodayChapter 13 An Agenda for ChangeChapter 14 The URI-Central Falls PartnershipChapter 15 A Severe Bump in the RoadChapter 16 Central Falls StudentsChapter 17 Theresa Agonia - Overcoming AdversityChapter 18 Bryant Estrada - An Independent ThinkerChapter 19 Guillermo Ronquillo -The Importance of FaithChapter 20 George Carle - A Basketball DreamChapter 21 SummaryChapter 22 Postscript

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.9.2010
• Vorwort: Anna Cano Morales
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Sekundarstufe I+II
• ISBN-10: 1-60709-875-X / 160709875X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-60709-875-1 / 9781607098751