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What Parents Can Do to Support Principals

Educators talk about how parents can support principals.

Meet the Principals (Clip 1 of 3)

Tresa Dunbar and Kerry Purcell are two public school principals trying to make a difference.

Getting Families Involved (Clip 2 of 3)

Principal Kerry Purcell talks about how important it is to get parents involved in schools.

Addressing Student Behavior Issues (Clip 3 of 3)

Principal Tresa Dunbar addresses the behavioral problems of her students by talking to them and their parents.

  • Updated on December 15, 2009

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The Principal Story (60 min.)

Broadcast Date: September 15, 2009

Trailer: Link

Filmmakers: Tod Lending , David Mrazek Bio | Interview | Statement

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We have no good schools without good principals.”

— Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education; former CEO, Chicago Public Schools

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Critical Acclaim

Here's a film every educator in America would benefit from seeing... a class-act.”

— Matt Fagerholm,
Film Monthly

The excellent and emotionally compelling PBS documentary The Principal Story wisely puts human faces on what could otherwise be a rather dry subject.”

— Maureen Ryan,
The Chicago Tribune