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Understanding How Schools Are Labeled

Understanding How Schools Are Labels - image of adults studying papers
What goes into the process of labeling schools, and how reliable are those labels — especially when a school is labeled as “failing”? This is the second of three articles on public schools as a common good, which explore the possibilities and threats to public education.
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Silver Candlesticks

After serving a 19-year sentence, Jean Valjean ends up on the Lord Bishop's doorstep, where he is offered a warm meal and bed to sleep in. Although he steals from the bishop, in the end, he earns redemption and a second chance thanks to the bishop's wise and caring ways.
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Victor Hugo
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6-8
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Religion Class
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Identity Diversity Justice Action
July 31, 2018
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Issue 31, Spring 2007

'Gates of Change'

Students walking in front of the Little Rock Central High School
In 1957, nine black schoolchildren enrolled at Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., and compelled the nation to live up to its promise of equality. Fifty years later, Central High's teachers and students revisit the past to help shape the future.