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How Are Schools Handling Truancy? Ask the Kids Smoking Pot Near Campusnew
In the late morning of the first day of the new semester at John O'Connell High School of Technology, two boys stage their finely choreographed escape. While the security guard's back is turned, they scamper out the front door onto the sidewalk.
Providence High School Works to Reform Itselfnew
In 1999, when Debra DeCarlo became principal of a Providence, R.I., high school, she faced with budget cuts, confused curriculum standards, a high dropout rate, truancy and disciplinary problems. She's made a difference, not so much in test scores, but in how students feel about learning.
Providence Phoenix |
Marion Davis |
08-07-2004 |
Education
