With descriptions of The Principal Story Field Guide and video vignettes, Ed Week reviews the documentary film. Go here to read the article (login required): http://www.edweek.org/login.html?source=http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/09/16/03principals.h29.html&destination=http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/09/16/03principals.h29.html&levelId=2100.

The Chicago Tribune Calls "The Principal Story" “excellent and emotionally compelling"

The Principal Story, a documentary funded by The Wallace Foundation that focuses on the day-to-day lives and challenges of today’s school principals, airs for the first time on PBS stations on Tuesday, September 15. The Chicago Tribune calls it “an excellent and emotionally compelling PBS documentary."

CBS News Interviews David Mrazek, Co-Director of "The Principal Story" 

CBS News interviews David Mrazek, co-director of The Principal Story, a documentary funded by The Wallace Foundation that focuses on the struggles of public school principals.

NPR Interviews Cast from "The Principal Story" Documentary

From dealing with underperforming teachers to coping with the death of a student, Tresa Dunbar and Kerry Purcell from The Principal Story discuss the daily challenges they face as principals of two Illinois schools. Also interviewed is co-director Tod Lending. Click here to hear the full interview. 

Why Fund a Whole Documentary?

The Principal Story, a documentary film that portrays the challenges principals face in turning around low-performing public schools, airs on PBS starting September 15.  But the journey to broadcast was not always so simple. This article from www.current.org describes how Wallace navigated the delicate role of sole funder for the documentary without sacrificing the credibility of the project. ​