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Harrison, John A. – American School Board Journal, 1998
In 1996, a Winston-Salem principal closed a failing alternative school and developed a new program dedicated to helping at-risk kids succeed. The result was LEAP (Learning and Acceleration Program) Academy, a school that helps academically unstable middle-school students catch up to their peers by completing two years of academic course work in…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Acceleration (Education), High Risk Students, Intermediate Grades
