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Dropout prevention is goal of summit
Bowling Green :: KY :: USA | 4 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
Police arrest woman for overdue library book
Independence :: MO :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility An Independence woman who police say failed to return a library book has been arrested. Thirty-nine-year-old Shelly Koontz was arrested Thursday night on a fifth-degree theft charge. She is accused of keeping "The Freedom Writers Diary," which she checked...
Tags: freedom writers diary, library book, independence woman, degree theft, writers diary, Shelly Koontz, freedom writers, theft charged, overdue library, Jesup Public Library
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
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
US teacher is suspended for letting pupils read bestseller
Perry :: GA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The effective book ban by the school authorities in Perry Township has outraged teachers and education reformers. The Writers Diary, a series of true stories written by inner-city teenagers, was put together by a teacher, Erin Gruwell, and has been celebrated...
Tags: freedom writers
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