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Peer reviewedHean, Lim Lee; Tin, Low Guat – Educational Leadership, 1996
Describes a Singapore principal's turnaround strategy to improve his secondary students' academic performance and study habits. Principal Tong Pak Goh won students back from McDonald's and other distractions by creating an atmosphere of care and casual comfort, holding afterschool tutoring sessions for problem and latchkey kids, and counseling…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Discipline, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement
