Keeping Score: Part 2
Notes from America with Kai Wright
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Challenges and Restructuring in a Divided High School Environment
The chapter follows the experiences of students and educators at a Brooklyn high school struggling with racial tensions, violence, and low retention rates. It delves into the history of the school's transformation from a racially integrated setting in the 1970s to a troubled environment by the 90s, leading to its closure in 2001. The chapter also explores the challenges faced by a principal managing multiple schools within a single building, the efforts to address disparities in admissions processes, and concerns about the impact of introducing a new school to the existing student body.
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