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Love Them First: Lessons from Lucy Laney Elementary

(Love Them First: Lessons from Lucy Laney Elementary)
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Original Title : Love Them First: Lessons from Lucy Laney Elementary
Time : 90 Min
Genre : Documentary
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 2019
Director : Ben Garvin, Lindsey Seavert
Writer : Lindsey Seavert
Producer : Ben Garvin, Melody Gilbert, Lindsey Seavert, Janeen Vogelaar
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States
Original Language : English
About : One year. One principal. One heartbreaking setback as her failing elementary school struggles to get off "the list." With unprecedented access over the course of a year, LOVE THEM FIRST follows the determination of a courageous Minneapolis...See moreOne year. One principal. One heartbreaking setback as her failing elementary school struggles to get off "the list." With unprecedented access over the course of a year, LOVE THEM FIRST follows the determination of a courageous Minneapolis school principal, Mauri Melander Friestleben, as she sets out to undo history. Not only does Minnesota have the largest achievement gap between black and white children in the United States, Friestleben faced another seemingly impossible obstacle, with Lucy Laney at the bottom of the state's list of under-performing schools for two decades. Under Friestleben's leadership, standardized test scores from most black students began rising for the first time, but when the school encounters a heartbreaking setback, Friestleben is forced to confront the true measure of student success at Lucy Laney. It's a story of inspiration, heartbreak, perseverance and the power of love. See less Read more: Plot summary

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