Dr. Duke Bradley III principal



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Dr. Duke Bradley III



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Dr. Duke Bradley, III is a lifelong educator with over 15 years of collective professional experience. Originally from Columbus, Georgia, Dr. Bradley has spent much of his formative years and adult life in Atlanta. Dr. Bradley holds a B.A. in English Literature from Morehouse College, M.A.T. from Brown University, a law degree from John Marshall Law School and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from The University of Southern Mississippi. He has also completed the Harvard University Graduate School of Education’s Leading Change in Education Systems Program of Study. Dr. Bradley taught high school English at two DeKalb County, Georgia high schools and later attended law school. While in law school, Dr. Bradley worked as a congressional intern, focusing his research on education policy and worked for 4 years as a legal studies instructor and program coordinator with the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education after graduation.
Most recently, Dr. Bradley served as Executive Director of Wesley International Academy (WIA), a K-8 open-enrollment public charter school operating in partnership with Atlanta Public Schools. At WIA, Dr. Bradley was credited with several key accomplishments – chief among them was securing charter renewal, managing the school’s re-accreditation process, and overseeing the full authorization of the school’s International Baccalaureate programs. Managing an operational budget of over 8 million dollars, Dr. Bradley also secured additional revenues through the award of federal grants including the highly competitive federal dissemination grant. Under his leadership, Wesley International Academy has earned several other honors including the distinction of being featured on NBC’s Today Show. Prior to Wesley, Dr. Bradley managed startup operations and strategy for Chattahoochee Hills Charter School alongside Board Chairman John C. Reid, and worked in New Orleans, Louisiana – having contributed to the city’s 24 million dollar Phase I education reform initiative by founding one of that state’s first transformation charter schools. For his work, he received national recognition - having been featured in media outlets such as US News, TheGrio.com, American Public Radio, News Hour, NPR, and the Times-Picayune. In 2015, Dr. Bradley was a named an Education Policy Fellow with the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education and was accepted into the most recent cohort of New Leaders Council. Dr. Bradley is a member of the 100 Black Men of Atlanta, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated, and is an alumnus of the United Way of Metro Atlanta’s Volunteer Involvement Program.
Dr. Bradley is pleased to serve as Principal of Banneker High School. More importantly, he looks forward to engaging and collaborating with the South Fulton Community to extend Banneker’s tradition of pride and excellence.
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