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Franklin Schargel (Author), Tony Thacker (Author), John Bell (Author)

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1596670460 978-1596670464 March 20, 2007
This book brings together the wisdom and experience from over 50 schools that have been categorized as "high performing, high minority, high poverty." It shows us how the leaders of those schools succeeded -- in their own words. From At-Risk to Academic Excellence: What Successful Leaders Do shows that you too can be a turnaround specialist. Included are actual examples and real life stories which illustrate how the leaders at these schools --
- raised academic achievement.
- motivated students.
- boosted parent and community involvement.
- applied the 3 r's – rigor, relevance, & relationships.

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Born in Brooklyn NY currently living in Albuquerque, NM.
Graduated from CCNY, Brooklyn College, Pace University.
A former classroom teacher, school counselor and school administrator.
Lowered the dropout rate in an all-minority, 2/3 poverty level,inner-city high school from 21.9% to 2.1%, increased family involvement 1440%, and sent 72.1% of our first generation high school graduates to post-secondary school.
Franklin is the author of 9 books dealing with dropout prevention, at-risk learners, leadership and organizational culture.

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school connectedness, authentic collaboration, instructional leaders, meaningful setting, staff empowerment, school leaders, improving student achievement, dropout problem, individual risk factors
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Dale Hancock, Larry Sholes, Lincoln High School, Linda Maxwell, United States, Judy Knotts, Chester Dewey School, Cliff Downey, Deborah Lazio, Linda Welch, Terri Tomlinson, David Besile, Mark Linton, Richard Storm, Steven Havens
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