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How educator Gloria Jean Merriex used dance, drills and devotion to turn around a failing elementary school in a year

  • Written by Boaz Dvir, Associate Professor of Journalism, Penn State
How educator Gloria Jean Merriex used dance, drills and devotion to turn around a failing elementary school in a yearMovement was an essential part of Gloria Merriex's lessons at Duval Elementary School in Gainesville, Fla.Courtesy of Boaz Dvir

When Duval Elementary – a school that served mostly Black and poor students in East Gainesville, Florida – failed the state’s high-stakes standardized test in 2002, district leaders pressured the...

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