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ERIC Number: EJ635290
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0951
Failure Is Not an Option: Changing Things One Kid at a Time: Principal Gallon's Battle at Northwestern High.
O'Neill, Jon
College Board Review, n194 p22-25 Fall 2001
Describes how in one of Miami's toughest neighborhoods, a survivor of those streets came back to help others because "kids' lives are at stake." Explores Principal Gallon's efforts to offer education as an option beyond poverty and prison. (EV)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Economically Disadvantaged, High Schools, Low Income Groups, Principals, Profiles, Secondary Education, Student Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Florida (Miami); Heroes
Note: Theme issue titled "Heroes of a Different Kind: Inspiring Student To Succeed."