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Author Jacobs, Joanne.

Title Our school : the inspiring story of two teachers, one big idea, and the school that beat the odds / Joanne Jacobs.

Publication Info. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2005]
©2005

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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  371.01 JACOBS    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 240 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-233) and index.
Contents Crossing over -- Fighting the blob -- A school of our own -- Downtown college purgatory -- This is DCP! -- Vamos, caballeros -- Conflict and resolution -- Strike 67 -- Outside the box -- Life dreams -- On trial -- The shortest basketball team in America -- Last chance at first semester -- The zoot suiters -- Red flag -- The efficiency expert -- Patience -- Carrying the torch -- Principal's day -- The knife -- F no es fabuloso -- Class of '06 -- Awake -- Altius, fortius -- Building for the future -- Ride the carrot salad -- Lessons learned -- The charter debate -- Commencement.
Summary Our school tells the story of Downtown College Prep, a public charter high school in San Jose that recruits underachieving students and promises to prepare them for four-year colleges and universities.
Subject Charter schools -- California -- Case studies.
Mexican Americans -- Education -- California -- Case studies.
Minorities -- Education -- California -- Case studies.
ISBN 1403970238
Standard No. 9781403970237
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