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Archive - June 2016

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Pennsylvania, Pass HB 530! Dont Limit High Quality Options for Our Students

June 30, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
4 min read
1 Comment

For many years, the School District of Philadelphia, anti-charter groups, and even high performing charter schools, demanded that charters be held accountable for student achievement. They are right to demand this. Just as...

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So, You Want to Serve Philly’s Communities?

June 27, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
4 min read
1 Comment

The end of a school year appropriately provokes a lot of reflection. Did we reach our goals? Did we remain consistent? What regrets do we have? How did we start out and were we nimble enough to respond well to real time...

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Students: Your Impact On the Fight for Civil Rights Must Be Right Now

June 25, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
5 min read
1 Comment

Yesterday, I ended my 24th year working with the youth of our city and my 23rd year working directly in schools. I currently have the honor and privilege of serving as a principal in my own neighborhood-the same community that I...

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  • Equity and Justice

You Can’t Help Our Children If You Refuse to Be Accountable

June 21, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
5 min read
4 Comments

“I am accountable for how much Black kids learn?!” I was recently asked what it would take to accelerate the achievement levels of Black students. This is a question that people have claimed to have been grappling...

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Pennsylvania’s Stubborn and “Savage Inequalities”

June 17, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
4 min read
3 Comments

“Unless we have the wealth to pay for private education, we are compelled by law to go to public school—and to the public school in our district. Thus the state, by requiring attendance but refusing to require equity...

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Why I Am Asking Black Men To Teach

June 15, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
7 min read
2 Comments

A few weeks ago, I had the honor of participating in and contributing at the 2016 Summit on Teacher Diversity at the US Department of Education. Today, I am in our state’s capitol to provide feedback about Pennsylvania’s...

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Why are over 70% of our Teachers White Females?

June 8, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
8 min read
4 Comments

There has been a much needed focus on why only 2 percent of our nation’s classroom teachers are Black males. The U.S. Department of Education recently held a very important National Summit on Teacher Diversity and released a...

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I’m All for Equity (Unless it Means I Have to Be Fair)

June 3, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
9 min read
1 Comment

Everyone wants equity. It sounds great. It rolls off the tongue and it goes well in speeches and pontifications. Everyone wants equity until you explain that they would need to decrease their privileges, share their accumulated...

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The 100 Year Old Conversation: Let’s Diversify

June 1, 2016
by Kenneth D. Waters
4 min read
2 Comments

In 2016, the conversation around teacher diversity has become commonplace, insomuch that the U.S. Department of Education (ED) hosted its first national summit on this topic, May 6, 2016.  While hosting such a summit is...

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