Contrary to popular notions, we don’t need supermen to end the dropout crisis. What is needed is dedicated, caring men and women willing to put  their talents and skills to work to improve the quality of teaching, curricula, school choice and school leadership. One such person is Edward Tom, a former Sax Fifth Avenue buyer who went into teaching and became principal of the  Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics. His work is chronicled by Christopher Wong in the documentary Whatever It Takes.

Check out the trailer, which gives a snippet of the hard work Tom and his teachers put in to make educational achievement a reality. Understand that none of this will be easy, failures will happen along the way, but ambitious effort executed with passion and thoughtfulness can lead to success for every child.