Daryl Rock, PhD, is an award-winning educator and former principal of Benjamin Banneker Academy in Brooklyn, where he led the school to achieve a 97% graduation rate for African American students—the highest in New York State. He has taught mathematics at all academic levels, served as a school superintendent at the Harlem Children’s Zone, and holds a doctorate in mathematics education from NYU.

Today, he is President of Rock Academic Services, supporting schools and principals half the year—and enjoying life on the beach in St. Peter, Barbados, the other half.