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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] George Westinghouse High School
George Westinghouse H.S. of Brooklyn, NY is being touted as the latest miracle of high performance among minority and poverty schools. It claims it has brought it dropout rate down from 12.9% to 2.1% and increased its attendance from 72.1l% to 88.9%. I smell pushout of kids and manipulation of statistics. Anyone have other information? Bill
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