Dr. Teresa Hill: Ending Failure as a Default

Dr. Teresa Hill has been motivated by educational inequity since she was a student. Although she was tracked into rigorous classes and pushed to attend Ivy League schools, she was frustrated that this wasn’t true for all of her peers. This frustration would lead her to pursue a lifelong career as an educator and author of Combating the Achievement Gap: Ending Failure as a Default in Schools. 

Now, as a superintendent, Hill works hard to lead a district where no student encounters what she calls, “failure as a default” or a mindset that accepts that some groups of students are unlikely to succeed no matter how they are educated. Hill believes that all students are capable of success given the appropriate support and that this belief must be non-negotiable for educators.  

In this episode, Hill shares how recognizing and dismantling the “failure as a default” mentality raises the bar for student success. 

Check out Combating the Achievement Gap: Ending Failure as a Default in Schools by Dr. Hill wherever you purchase your books.

Dr. Teresa Hill (LinkedIn)

South Holland School District #151 (@shsd151) 

Subscribe to SchoolCEO at SchoolCEO.com for more advice, stories, and strategies for leading your schools. And if you have a story you’d like to share, email us at editor@schoolceo.com.

Follow SchoolCEO on LinkedIn or X/Twitter @school_ceo. 

Subscribe to SchoolCEO at SchoolCEO.com for research, stories, and strategies for leading your schools. And if you have a story you’d like to share, email us at editor@schoolceo.com.

Learn more about SchoolCEO and all of our resources on our About page. SchoolCEO is powered by Apptegy, the maker of the leading K-12 communications and brand management platform.