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Principal Steve Perry has been hailed for his “tough love and high expectations” at Capital Prep Magnet School in Hartford.
He’s had success in keeping kids in school in a city that’s struggled with dropout rates for decades. He preaches strict discipline and no excuses. He greets kids every morning at a school right downtown - in a famous former department store. The students wear uniforms - and he says all of them go to college.
This has gotten him into the national spotlight, and onto cable TV shows - he’s a regular on CNN.
But maintaining success is difficult. As we head back to school, we’ll talk to Perry about what he’s doing to close the nation’s biggest achievement gap.