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Improving the urban high school : what works and why / by Louis, Karen Seashore.(CARDINAL)137935; Miles, Matthew B.(CARDINAL)130096;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-335).
Subjects: Case studies.; Education, Urban; High schools; Urban schools; School improvement programs; Educational surveys;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dropout or diploma; a socio-educational analysis of early school withdrawal / by Tannenbaum, Abraham J.(CARDINAL)166131;
Bibliography: pages 34-36.
Subjects: High school dropouts.; Education, Urban.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Life of a king [videorecording] /
Cuba Gooding Jr., Dennis Haysbert, LisaGay Hamilton, Thurston Hill, Jaida-Iman Benjamin.After being released from prison, a repentant ex-convict starts a high school chess club to teach inner-city kids to think about their futures.MPAA rating: PG-13.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Ex-convicts; High school students; Urban schools;
For private home use only.
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Life of a king [videorecording] / by Goldberger, Jake,1977-director,screenwriter.; Gooding, Cuba,Jr.,1968-actor.; Hamilton, Lisa Gay,1964-actor.; Haysbert, Dennis,actor.;
Cuba Gooding Jr., Dennis Haysbert, LisaGay Hamilton, Thurston Hill, Jaida-Iman Benjamin.After being released from prison, a repentant ex-convict starts a high school chess club to teach inner-city kids to think about their futures.MPAA rating: PG-13.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Ex-convicts; High school students; Urban schools;
For private home use only.
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Small steps [videorecording] : creating the High School for Contemporary Arts / by Amenechi, Nnamdi.; Becker, David.; Eisenhardt, Bob.(CARDINAL)437025; Kopple, Barbara.; Lerner, Jay.; PBS Home Video.(CARDINAL)218235; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)(CARDINAL)189964;
Voice over, Jay Lerner ; additional voice over, Nnamdi Amenechi.Tells the story of a new "small school" located inside one of New York City's most dangerous public high schools. Those involved with the High School for Contemporary Arts thought this would be their dream school, envisioning a creative environment and cutting edge technology that would prepare students for college and careers in the arts, but from day one, making their ideas a reality was more difficult than anyone anticipated.DVD; stereo. sd.; NTSC, region 1.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; High School for Contemporary Arts.; Performing arts high schools; Urban high schools;
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Dangerous minds [videorecording] / by Bass, Ronald.aus(CARDINAL)523786; Bruckheimer, Jerry.pro(CARDINAL)346576; Dominguez, Wade,1966-1998,actor.; Dzundza, George.act; Harris, Bruklin,actor.; Johnson, LouAnne.My posse don't do homework.(CARDINAL)528101; Letarte, Pierre.cng; Pfeiffer, Michelle,1957-act(CARDINAL)346696; Rolf, Tom.flm(CARDINAL)849029; Santiago, Renoly,actor.; Simpson, Don,1945-1996.pro(CARDINAL)645956; Smith, John N.,1943-drt; Vance, Courtney B.act(CARDINAL)340058; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)340297; Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films.; Hollywood Pictures.(CARDINAL)785730; Via Rosa Films.; Wendy and Lisa.;
Score composed and produced by Wendy & Lisa ; editor, Tom Rolf ; director of photography, Pierre Letarte.Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza, Courtney B. Vance, Wade Dominguez, Renoly Santiago, Bruklin Harris.When an ex-Marine becomes a high school teacher, she is assigned to a tough class of inner-city teenagers.MPAA rating: R, for language.DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Film adaptations.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Johnson, LouAnne; High school teachers; Teacher-student relationships; Urban schools;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 7
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Unexpected [videorecording] / by Swanberg, Kris,1980-film director,screenwriter.; Mercier, Megan,screenwriter.; Roe, Andrea,film producer.; Smulders, Cobie,1982-actor.(CARDINAL)787707; Holm, Anders,1981-actor.(CARDINAL)849587; Bean, Gail,actor.; McGovern, Elizabeth,1961-actor.(CARDINAL)809090; Spatz, Megan,costume designer.; Tonner-Connolly, Brandon,production designer.; DeWitt, Keegan,composer.; Weaver-Madsen, Dagmar,cinematographer.; Clark, Zach,film editor.; Alchemy (Firm),distributor.; Dark Arts,production company.; Film Arcade (Firm),production company.; Forager Film Company,production company.; Webber Gilbert Media Group,production company.;
Composer, Keegan DeWitt ; cinematographer, Dagmar Weaver-Madsen ; editor, Zack Clark.Cobie Smulders, Anders Holm, Gail Bean, Elizabeth McGovern.Samantha Abbott is a dedicated and passionate teacher at an inner-city Chicago high school. Just as she is coming to terms with her school closing, Samantha faces some life-changing and unexpected news: she is pregnant. After breaking the news to her live-in boyfriend John and opinionated mother, Samantha learns that one of her most promising students, Jasmine, has landed in a similar but very different situation.MPAA rating: R; for language.DVD ; region 1 ; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Feature films.; Comedy films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Pregnant women; Pregnant teenagers; Urban schools; Teacher-student relationships; High school teachers; High school students;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Brooklyn castle [videorecording] / by Dellamaggiore, Nelson.; Dellamaggiore, Katie.; Schulz, Brian.; Efekoro, Pobo.; Ballantyne, Rachelle.; Producers Distribution Agency.; Rescued Media (Firm); Indelible Marks (Firm); Chicken & Egg Pictures (Firm); Millennium Entertainment, LLC.(CARDINAL)849409; Efekoro, Oghenakpobo.; Ballantyne, Rochelle.; Rescued Media, Inc. ;
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16x9, 1.78) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.Pobo Efekoro, Rachelle Ballantyne.Rating: PG; some language.I.S.318 is an inner-city school where more than 65 percent of students are from homes with incomes below the federal poverty level, that also happens to have the best, most winning junior high school chess team in the country. If Albert Einstein, who was rated 1800, were to join the team, he'd only rank fifth best.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Chess players; Junior high school students; Education, Urban.; Urban schools.;
© c2013., Millennium Entertainment,
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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The Ron Clark story [videorecording] / by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment.(CARDINAL)563859; Haines, Randa,director.(CARDINAL)844075; Hodson, Hannah,1991-actor.; Hudson, Ernie,actor.(CARDINAL)786257; Perry, Matthew,1969-2023actor.(CARDINAL)847954;
Matthew Perry, Ernie Hudson, Hannah Hodson, Brandon Mychal Smith, Micah Williams, Melissa DeSousa.A teacher leaves the safety of his smalltown position to teach in one of Harlem's toughest schools.TV rating: TV-PG.DVD.
Subjects: Biographical television programs.; Fiction television programs.; Teachers; Urban high schools;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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A Teacher's cry expose the truth about education today. by Diuguid, Lewis W.(CARDINAL)494887;
Subjects: High school students; High schools; Education, Secondary.; Urban schools.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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