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Reaching and Teaching Kids Who Don’t Fit in the Box

For Centuries, we have cultivated a “box” in education. The kids who fit in it? They thrive. The kids who don’t? They’re lucky to survive. In this uplifting and practical session, join award-winning principal and best-selling author Pete Hall in an exploration of the top 9 reasons kids disengage, struggle, and drop out of school…and examine the highest-yield strategies for connecting, supporting, and altering the trajectory of our most precious and fragile students.

This talk was presented at:
2026 National ESEA Conference
February 2026 in Denver, CO
For more information:
www.EducationHall.com
Speakers
Pete Hall

Pete served as principal of three Title I schools for over 12 years. During that period, Anderson Elementary (Reno) and Sheridan Elementary and Shaw Middle (Spokane, WA) all earned recognition for outstanding achievement and growth. Pete is the author or co-author of 14 books, including his most recent, “Reaching and teaching kids who don’t fit in the box,” which is in contract with Solution Tree.