Sylvan Learning are helping Children Find Passion for Learning with Dr. Deirdre J. Williams

Dr. Deirdre J. Williams has been an educator for over 18 years. She’s been a science teacher, a dean of many subjects and a principal in addition to serving as an executive director for a non-profit organization on the School Reform Initiative. Williams was part of a school transformation locally and helped improve a 20-year “failing campus,” where 60% of 6th graders were reading below grade level. By the time she left campus, every kid was reading at 80% or above their grade level. She can discuss how it is a testament to believing in them and giving them confidence, but it’s also a testament to Sylvan Learning’s “model of ratio” in serving students and how she used that to prepare kids for high school, college, and beyond.Show more

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