Research Round UP

This one is pretty depressing.

Public School Districts Should Close Their “Alternative” and “Continuation” High Schools by Sean J. Drake

This research brief taken from his published book: Academic Apartheid: Race and the Criminalization of Failure in an American Suburb, gives a scathing review of continuation schools in general, even those he only studied one. He recommends the closing of all continuation schools, sending teacher from the school to teach credit recovery or sub in traditional school classrooms, and use the campuses for CTE.

My first opinion, this guy sucks. Second opinion, was the school studied a model school? Third opinion, this is what happens when there are not model frameworks and common goals. I hope to work myself out of a job, not be demeaned and dragged into a school seen as less than on a traditional campus.

Dear ones, I hope today you write stories of hope and success in your schools. Share this great information with me. I hope to celebrate with you.

Here is the article: Public School Districts Should Close Their “Alternative” and “Continuation” High Schools by Sean J. Drake