When is 36 Percent equal to Near Zero Percent
by jonpelto
When Capital Preparatory Magnet School’s principal Steve Perry says it is.
Calling himself “America’s Most Wanted Educator,” Steve Perry serves as the principal of Hartford’s Capital Preparatory Magnet School. Traveling around the nation, on tv and radio and in his books, he talks about the extraordinary success of his “tough love” form of education.
While never revealing that his public school completely fails to take on its fair share of students who are not fluent in English or students who require special education services, he often talks about the fact that he is nearly 100 percent successful in getting poor, minority students through high school and into a four-year college.
Without checking the accuracy of his statements, media outlets and observers take his