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Dropout prevention is goal of summit
Bowling Green :: KY :: USA | 10 days ago
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Tony Becerra wrote a poem for his high school English class about one of his cousins getting shot. He came from poverty and never thought he would be published in a book, much less featured in a movie. But on Saturday, the Long Beach, Calif., native,...
Tags: Tony Becerra, Mr. McCraney, Jacob Jones, Erin Gruwell, Tyshon Kirkendoll, Jane Beshear, Larry McCraney, Bowling Green, Lighthouse, Freedom Writers, Xavier Becerra, Education
Unequal suspensions cast further doubts of Perry Township School Board fairness.
Commentary by Proteacher Nearly one year has passed since veteran English teacher Connie Heermann was called into a meeting and told that if she didn't resign she would be fired for letting her at-risk students read The Freedom Writers Diary. But...
Tags: Connie Heermann, Perry Township School Board, The Freedom Writers Diary, Erin Gruwell
Suspended teacher Heermann speaks at Indianapolis Art Museum.
27-year veteran English teacher Connie Heermann, who was suspended for 18-months without pay or benefits for using the Freedom Writers Diary in her classroom, gave a speech at the Indianapolis Art Museum, Thursday August 21st. Her speech, titled "15...
Tags: Erin Gruwell, Connie Heermann, Connie Heerman, WRTV Channel 6, 27-year suspended teacher, Indianapolis Art Museum
Suspended teacher Heermann asked to give speech on censorship.
Twenty-seven year veteran english teacher Connie Heermann, who was suspended for a unprecedented 18 months for using the Freedom Writers Diary in her classroom, was asked to host a seminar on censorship on Thursday, August 21st at 6 p.m., at the Indianapolis...
Tags: Connie Heermann, Indianapolis Museum of Art, IMA, Erin Gruwell, Freedom Writers Diary, Freedom Writers, Perry Township School Board
Residents gasp at Board President's sarcasm about Freedom Writers.
On August 11th, Perry Township residents got a little sarcastic wit thrown in with their regular school board meeting -- and they didn't like it. While interrupting Assistant Superintendent Dr. Debra Barnes who was announcing the new "book adoption"...
Tags: Connie Heermann, Steve Maple, Erin Gruwell, Perry Township School Board, Freedom Writers Diary, CNN, Newsweek, Anna Quindlen
Gruwell backs Heermann; testifies at Hearing.
Famous Freedom Writers Teacher Erin Gruwell, of Long Beach California, took the "red-eye" in from Seattle to personally testify on behalf of 27-year veteran English teacher, Connie Heermann, at her Board hearing, on March 10th and 11th. The...
Tags: Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell, Connie Heermann, 18-month unpaid suspension, Freedom Writers Foundation, Freedom Writers Diary
Freedom Writers Foundation features suspended teacher Heermann on website.
The Freedom Writers Foundation, founded by Erin Gruwell, now features suspended English teacher Connie Heermann on it's web-site. The site, through links to other stories in Newsweek, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, L.A. Times and The Indy Channel,chronicles...
Tags: Freedom Writers Foundation, Freedom Writers Diary, Connie Heermann, Erin Gruwell, WISH TV, Leslie Olsen
Suspended teacher continues education; board president complains of media bias.
Includes opinion by Proteacher Those of you who have been following the plight of suspended high school english teacher Connie Heermann, are urged to view the latest WISH TV report by Leslie Olsen! Ms. Olsen catches Ms. Heermann on her way to attend...
Tags: Connie Heermann, Erin Gruwell, Steve Maple, Perry Township School Board, WISH-TV, Freedom Writers Diary, Freedom Writers Foundation
Teacher Suspended for Using Book
An Indiana high school teacher Connie Heerman was suspended for one and a half years after using a book called “The Freedom Writer’s Diary” in her English class. The book is a collection of journals by inner city teenagers in California...
Tags: Hillary Swank, Erin Gruwell, Connie Heerman, The Freedom Writer's Diary, banned book, Perry Township
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