That he loved basketball so much that for 18 years, while a junior high classroom teacher in inner-city Paterson, N.J., he coached at local Catholic schools and colleges (when, fans, he befriended Jersey coaches like Dick Vitale and Hubie Brown).
Greg Whiteley and Ted Dintersmith, the film's director and executive producer, were both on stage, but the real conversation was between the 500 Salt Lake City high school students in the audience and the San Diego-based High Tech High classroom.
"This high classroom density is a major challenge for us, the students and their families".
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Because the observers were also documenting PAR projects in 9th grade high school classrooms, there were comparisons drawn between the conditions in the middle school versus high school classroom: The vibe in the class is drastically different than in HS classes.
On Thursday, high school classrooms were empty.
"The time has arrived to update the literature we use in high school classrooms," he wrote.
But in high school classrooms, Hispanic teenagers are slowly but steadily integrating into all aspects of student life.
Whenever he thinks of time in Puerto Rico, he is reminded of those old magnetic clocks from his high school classrooms that stick for a few minutes.
How do the students explain working so well together, eluding both the detachment and the competitiveness that can plague high school classrooms?
