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transformative words
January 13, 2012
From a school in turmoil, a new way to foster student writing
The cover of the December issue of "Grady Times" memorializes a guidance counselor who died in November.
Earlier this week, a teacher at William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School excitedly sent me the latest copy of the school’s newsletter.
Instead of having adults write the copy, students had taken the reins for the first time and filled the 10 pages with staff interviews, sports news, important dates, and original poetry.
The newsletter was produced by students enrolled in after-school media classes and the “Falcon Pen Creative Writing Club,” both funded with federal dollars the school was receiving to pay for a “transformation” process designed to help it improve, according to writing coordinator Evelyn Katz.
Now those funds have been frozen and Katz’s job could be on the chopping block.
Under the terms of a proposal Mayor Bloomberg announced during his State of the City address Thursday, Grady is one of 33 schools where half of all teachers will be removed this summer to enable the schools to receive a special pot of federal funds. (more…)
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