Steve Perry’s school has been featured on CNN and BET for sending all students to college.

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Famed educator Steve Perry told about 400 community members and Jacksonville educators Saturday that good teaching can trump demographics, and parents need to re-evaluate their priorities.

Perry, who achieved national recognition as the principal of the successful Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, Conn., was the keynote speaker for the Urban Education Symposium II: Reclaiming Young Black Males for Jacksonville’s Future at the Jacksonville Main Library.

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