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About
Motivational speaker and writer known for serving as the principal at Malcolm X Shabazz High School in New Jersey. He wrote the book, The Turnaround: 180 Days of Change - 5 transformative methods to rapidly improve your school! He was the subject of an Emmy Award-winning documentary titled Saving Shabazz: The long-shot battle to transform a failing school.
Before fame
In 2004, he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics from Montclair State University.
Trivia
He served as chief education officer for The Future Project, a New York City-based nonprofit. He was also chief academic officer of College Achieve Public Schools. His work was detailed in stories in The Atlantic, Fortune, and Crain's.
Family life
He is from New Jersey.
Associated with
He and Ron Clark are teachers known for their work with at-risk and disadvantaged teenagers.
