Direct linkERIC Number: EJ917639
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Feb
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
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Tackling the Toughest Turnaround--Low-Performing High Schools
Duke, Daniel L.; Jacobson, Martha
Phi Delta Kappan, v92 n5 p34-38 Feb 2011
Case studies of two high schools that have been turned around from failing to successful show different ways in which failing high schools can be made to succeed. Both high schools concentrated on first helping incoming freshman, and both reforms were driven by data. They differed in staffing and the focus of their first year of reform.
Descriptors: High Schools, Case Studies, School Effectiveness, Low Achievement, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Administrative Organization, Algebra, English Instruction, School Organization, Attendance, Academic Support Services, Transformational Leadership
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Grade 9; High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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