Gregory Hodge

Hodge was raised in Harlem and the Bronx. Orphaned by the age of 16, he recounts to his students a life of homelessness that puts him on a par with their own experiences of poverty. ==Career==

Hodge spent 31 years as a New York City school teacher, culminating in his 14-year tenure at FDA that began in 1995 when he replaced the founding principal, Lorraine Monroe. enforcing strict discipline within his school of mostly lower-income students. and frequently spent nights on the couch in his office. He said: "We do everything we can to help, but we place the burden on them to get the job done." When he became principal at FDA in 1995, the student body was 80% female; he recruited boys to equalize the sexes but achievement did not decline. ==Death==

Dr. Hodge died on February 16, 2019, at the age of 65. ==References==