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Mission High, One School, How Experts Tried to Fail It, and the Students and Teachers Who Made It Triumph, Kristina Rizga

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Mission High, One School, How Experts Tried to Fail It, and the Students and Teachers Who Made It Triumph, Kristina Rizga

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mission High

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

913799040

Responsibility statement

Kristina Rizga

Sub title

One School, How Experts Tried to Fail It, and the Students and Teachers Who Made It Triumph

Summary

It's easier for a journalist to embed with the Army than to go behind the scenes at an American public school. Kristina Rizga spent an unprecedented four years reporting from the classrooms and hallways of Mission High School in San Francisco. The result is Mission High, a first hand report from inside a ""low-performing"" school whose students are, in fact, thriving.Rizga expected noisy classrooms, hallway fights, and disgruntled staff. Instead, she found a welcoming place; satisfied students, teachers and parents; plummeting dropout rates; and a diverse student body with an 88% college accep

Table Of Contents

Preface; Chapter 1: Maria; Chapter 2: Mr. Roth; The Progressives (1890-1950); Chapter 3: George; Chapter 4: Mr. Hsu; Desegregation (1957-1970); Chapter 5: Pablo; Chapter 6: Principal Guthertz; The Standards and Accountability Movement (1980-Present); Chapter 7: Ms. McKamey; Chapter 8: Jesmyn; Epilogue; Author's Note; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index

Target audience

adult

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