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Brian Meadows

Dr. Brian Meadows

Principal, Legacy Traditional School - North Valley
North Valley, Nevada
2022 Neubauer Fellow
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Education
Ph.D., Educational Leadership, University of Arizona
M.Ed., University of Phoenix
B.A., Georgia State University
“’If you’ve got nothing worth dying for, you’ve got nothing worth living for’— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I will die to ensure our black and brown kids have equitable opportunities to be successful.”

Dr. Brian Meadows became the principal of Legacy Traditional School – North Valley in 2025. Prior to this, he served as a deputy chief in the School District of Philadelphia’s Office of Curriculum and Instruction. Dr. Meadows also served as principal of Thurgood Marshall School, a role he took on in 2019. Under his leadership, Thurgood Marshall’s kindergarten proficiency levels increased by 21%. Thurgood Marshall was recognized as a model school in Positive Behavioral Interventions Support (PBIS).

Dr. Meadows has been an educator since 2005. Prior to becoming a principal at Thurgood Marshall, Dr. Meadows served as the principal at Boys’ Latin Middle School, where each year they earned recognition as being a “high growth” school by Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment (PVAAS). Dr. Meadows also served as a 6-12 math teacher, K-12 instructional coach, education consultant, and assistant principal. Before becoming an educator, Dr. Meadows served as a sociologist for American Red Cross of NYC. Dr. Meadows grew up in Raleigh, NC, and Atlanta, GA.

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Brian Meadows