Willard R. Abbott Elementary School is a predominantly Black Philadelphia public school where a documentary crew is recording the lives of teachers working in underfunded, mismanaged schools. Conditions at the school are harsh and most teachers quit after their second year.

Ava Coleman - The school's principal. 

Melissa Schemmenti and Janine Teauges  - second grade teachers. 

Jacob Hill - eighth grade teacher. 

Gregory Eddie - first grade teacher. 

Barba Howard - kindergarten teacher. 