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knitter4democracy

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6. Unfortunately, I know how that feels.

Reply to teach1st (Original post)

Mon Jul 21, 2014, 07:47 PM

Jul 2014

I taught in a turnaround school where we got the test scores from the 5th percentile in the state to the 50th in two years, and we got closed anyway. It was one of the most painful things I have ever been through, and now all our students are going to a district unprepared for them where many are just shunted to the alternative high school, especially if their skin is brown.

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Unfortunately, I know how that feels. knitter4democracy Jul 2014 #6