A School in Trouble: A Personal Story of Central Falls High School

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All through 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 whilst over half of their classmates failed to graduate. Much may also be learned from how these students survived in a chronically low-achieving school situated in the poorest community in the state. Holland provides in the back of-the-scenes details on the issues of poverty, ineffective teaching, and cultural differences whilst also advising students, parents, and teachers on how one can gain greater educational success. Before the book was once completed, a federal and state mandate rapidly resulted in the superintendent having to adopt a turn-around model and fire all the high school faculty and team of workers-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 once mentioned by President Obama as a prime example of a ‘last resort’ approach in reforming failing inner-city schools.

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