Saving the School: One Woman's Fight for the Kids That Education Reform Left Behind

by Michael Brick

Book Overview

In the race to save a failing public high school, one principal finds that making the numbers is only the beginning

Being principal of Reagan High in Austin, Texas, was no dream assignment. Test scores were low, dropout rates were high, and poverty was endemic. But when Anabel Garza took the job, she started something no one expected. Racing against a deadline just to make the numbers, she set out to rebuild the kind of school...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143123610
• ISBN13: 9780143123613
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher