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Scott Habeeb's Blog – December 2011 Archive (1)
The Case Against the Freshman Academy
Over the past decade as I have worked with high schools across the country, I have noticed that the term Freshman Academy has almost become synonymous for Freshman Transition Program. This is a mistake along the same lines as saying that the word Hammer is synonymous with the word Tool. A hammer is a type of tool. A Freshman Academy is a type of Freshman Transition Program. But just like there are more tools than just hammers, there are also more types of Freshman Transition Programs…
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