Raising the Curve: A Year Inside One of America's 45,000 Failing Public Schools

by Ron Berler

Book Overview

WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER Brookside Elementary in Norwalk, Connecticut, is preparing for the first day of a new school year and another chance to improve its failing scores on the annual statewide standardized test known as the CMT. The challenges are many, and for the faculty--whose jobs may depend on their students' ability to improve on the test--the stakes are high. Ten-year-old Hydea is about to start fifth grade--with second-grade reading skills...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 042525268X
• ISBN13: 9780425252680
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher