Voice: Hilderbrand Pelzer III
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What does a school turnaround look like?
The principal of a public school lays out the hard, slow work of improvement—and what it takes to turn schools around
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Desperate for Help
A Philadelphia principal points to an increasingly familiar culprit in the struggle to teach hard-to-reach students: Mental health issues
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Reading Lesson No 1—Teach the Teachers
How can all students learn to read by 4th grade if so many teachers struggle with teaching reading?
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Staying Ahead of Educational Tsunamis
A public school principal argues that real education reform requires measuring schools more broadly and fixing them more locally
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Failing Black Boys
We've written about #blackdegreesmatter. A public school principal weighs in by calling on schools to do more
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The Wrath of Parents
A public school principal says it takes parents and schools to educate a child
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The Elephant in the (Class)room
A public school principal argues that improving student outcomes requires improving teachers
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Want Kids to Learn? Give Them a Better Place to Learn
School buildings should be as high-performing as we expect our students to be
By Hilderbrand Pelzer III