Word: foreman
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Michael Foreman (Arcade; $16.95). A Briton makes the '40s home front seem as recent as last week. No horrors here, just a collection of strangely compelling trivia. When bombs went off, for example, they scattered seeds out of gardens. "The following spring and summer, piles of rubble burst into bloom. Marigolds, irises and, best of all, potatoes sprouted everywhere...
...There's something going on every day," said Foreman Principal John J. Garvey. "The Harvard Club's involvement has made a big difference and has come at a perfect time...
Under the new Chicago School Reform plan which gives more authority to local schools, school officials are trying to improve Foreman's 40 percent dropout rate and depressed standardized test scores...
...Harvard Club's program has become built into school improvement plan," said Foreman teacher and Harvard program coordinator Denise I. Seng...
...Foreman school isn't the only one who benefits from the adoption. Teacher and literary textbook writer Donna Rosenberg, a graduate of the School of Education, said her involvement with Foreman High School has been "an incredible experience." Rosenberg, who is one of the most active participants in the adopt-a-school program, leads discussions on short stories with four classes a day per week with Susan Friedes...