Students with gumption in California

“As the principal of a mostly Latino and disadvantaged junior high school in Central California, Martin Mares has no tolerance for low expectations. He sets high standards and demands that his students meet them. He has no use for excuses or hard-luck tales. He’s part guardian angel, part drill sergeant. That’s true on the job, and with his labor of love.

Mares’ Ivy League Leadership Project is not your run-of-the-mill field trip. It started in the spring of 1992 when, after inviting a certain Harvard graduate to speak to one of his classes, Mares had a brainstorm. As a teacher at another junior high school, Mares became frustrated that so many of his students had a limited sense of possibility. Many didn’t think about going to college, and those who did typically set their sights on state schools.”

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