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Ron Brown
"I can't teach the book right now " says Shaka Greene  algebra teacher at Ron Brown College Preparatory High School. "Because my students are still learning to add 49 plus 17."
So begins Part 3 — the conclusion of our podcast series: Raising Kings: A Year of Love and Struggle at Ron Brown College Prep.
For Greene  this is the last straw. He announces that he won't be returning for  Ron Brown's  second year because of  his  frustration over "egregiously" low academic expectations.
Curtis and Principal Williams insist that academic progress will come in this dramatically different school  but that no one should expect it so soon  after what is still Ron Brown's first year.
While Greene is the only teacher who says he won't be coming back because of these district policies  every member of the Ron Brown faculty agrees with his opposition.
This debate is not unique to Ron Brown. It has roiled teachers' lounges and principals' offices across the country.
The difficult truth for the passionate educators of Ron Brown is that both sides are right.
This is the last installment of our yearlong reporting project  "Raising Kings  A Year Of Love And Struggle At Ron Brown College Prep."
"I can't teach the book right now " says Shaka Greene  algebra teacher at Ron Brown College Preparatory High School. "Because my students are still learning to add 49 plus 17."
So begins Part 3 — the conclusion of our podcast series: Raising Kings: A Year of Love and Struggle at Ron Brown College Prep.
For Greene  this is the last straw. He announces that he won't be returning for  [TGT]  second year because of  his  frustration over "egregiously" low academic expectations.
Curtis and Principal Williams insist that academic progress will come in this dramatically different school  but that no one should expect it so soon  after what is still [TGT] first year.
While Greene is the only teacher who says he won't be coming back because of these district policies  every member of the Ron Brown faculty agrees with his opposition.
This debate is not unique to [TGT]. It has roiled teachers' lounges and principals' offices across the country.
The difficult truth for the passionate educators of [TGT] is that both sides are right.
This is the last installment of our yearlong reporting project  "Raising Kings  A Year Of Love And Struggle At Ron Brown College Prep."