Gladys Hartwell was concerned about the low reading scores at Lester Elementary School, knowing that most of the children did not have books in their homes because most of the families could not afford to buy books. She organized reading rallies to get children excited about reading. She worked More...

Baker Elementary School had widespread behavior problems that were actually taking away from classroom instruction time. Teachers were highly frustrated when Parent Leadership Institute graduates Shanta Davis and Victoria Thornton developed a behavior modification program to help address the More...

Monica Cannon is a resident of the North Midtown Community and is an active volunteer in her neighborhood Community Development Center (CDC). She was inspired to participate in the Parent Leadership Institute after seeing the high percentage of students at Rowan Middle School who were performing More...

Brenda Walker retired as an employee of BellSouth before participating in the Parent Leadership Institute. In reviewing data, she realized only 13 students at Hardy Middle School had scored high enough to be placed in Algebra I, an indicator of both low math achievement and low motivation levels. More...

Berncill Stamps, a Forest Hill High School parent, participated in the Parent Leadership Institute class of 2004. Berncill, along with parents and teachers in her school, considered the fact that few students were enrolled in Advanced Placement courses to be an indicator that students were not More...