10 African-American Innovators of Education

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Benjamin Wright

Benjamin Wright is a passionate advocate for single-sex education. Wright earned Washington state’s Principal of the year for successfully implementing a single-sex education program in Seattle that dramatically increased test scores and decreased disciplinary issues in students all without any additional funding or change in class sizes. That led to a job in Nashville, where the single-sex schools program was met with criticism. He’s since written the book “Yes We Can, If We Choose” and serves on the board of  directors for NASSPE (National Association for Single Sex Education). Wright is currently the regional superintendent of alternative education in Philadelphia.

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