Dr. Perry’s commitment to excellence started as the former principal of Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, Conn. Capital Prep sent 100 percent of its predominantly low-income, minority, first generation high school graduates to four-year colleges every year since its first class graduated in 2006, and the school was cited by U.S. News and World Report as one of the top schools in the country. In 2012, Dr. Perry founded Capital Preparatory schools, with locations in Connecticut and Harlem.
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Laura Ascione is the Editorial Director at eSchool Media. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland's prestigious Philip Merrill College of Journalism.
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