Gemar Mills is an American author and speaker. He was the youngest ever principal of Malcolm X Shabazz High School when he took the job at the age of 27.
Education Mills was born and raised in Paterson, New Jersey, United States, where he graduated from John F. Kennedy High School.Malinconico, Joe. "‘Turnaround Principal’ returns to open Paterson charter school", Paterson Press, August 8, 2017. Accessed December 2, 2024. "Gemar Mills comes from the type of background that usually poses challenges for city educators.... She raised him and his sisters as a single parent in Paterson’s notorious Christopher Columbus housing projects.... 'I’m a public school guy. I’ve always been a public school guy,' he said, pointing out that he graduated from Paterson’s John F. Kennedy High School and made his name at Shabazz in Newark." In 2004, he got his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics degree from Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey. In 2008, he received Master of Arts in Educational Leadership degree from American InterContinental University in Atlanta, and PhD in Education in Primary and Secondary Education in May 2017 from Seton Hall University.Ep23: From Poverty to Purpose: Straight Talk w/ the “Turnaround Principal” Gemar Mills (Podcast). Accessed July 3, 2018.
The Future Project Fortune Magazine reported in 2015 that Divine Bradley had been hired by The Future Project to work as "Dream Director" at Malcolm X Shabazz High School. The Future Project partnered with Mills, who was then the school's principal, to address what was identified as one of the "country's most troubled high schools". The school was nicknamed "Baghdad", was being considered for closure, and had four principals in as many years. Newark schools had been part of an unsuccessful $100 million effort to improve the schools. The Future Project is an American non-profit organization aims to help underserved high school students.
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