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Archive - July 2016

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Will Drinking Soda Help Philly’s Kids Achieve More?

July 30, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
3 min read
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Several of our state legislators have demonstrated time and time again that their constituents’ kids, at least the ones who are blessed with a permanent tan, aren’t a budgeting priority. In response, our city recently...

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I Was Inspired By the Uninspired

July 27, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
4 min read
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I was recently asked which of my former students most inspired me. I have literally thousands to draw from for both good and heart breaking reasons. One of the kids who has inspired me the most is now dead. The other young man...

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The War Waged Within (our Schools) Against Our Black Boys

July 20, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
5 min read
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“An educator in a system of oppression is either a revolutionary or an oppressor.” –Lerone Bennett, Jr. There is a war going on. When war is mentioned, most folks will immediately think about what is happening overseas or...

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When School Silence is Violence

July 15, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
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Mark Twain once quipped that schools should not get in the way of educating our youth. When schools and/or districts choose to ignore massive forms of oppression because it is not convenient or comfortable to discuss, another...

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Are Educators Liberators or Overseers?

July 8, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
4 min read
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More Black and Brown men have been lynched by the state. It is the American way. And, too many educators look away from and are silent about the carnage. Whether lynchings occur on the trees that led to “Strange Fruit” (sung...

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Anti-Education Reformers: Make America Great Again

July 5, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
6 min read
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Anti-education reformers are some of the most interesting people I know. They often reminisce about and allude to a time when schools and systems worked for our communities. I try to follow them, but their recollections seem to...

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Celebrating Charter Schools 25th Anniversary (And Our 10th)

July 2, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
6 min read
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Recently, our School District’s Charter School Office recommended that the School Reform Commission, (Philadelphia’s school board) accepts Shoemaker’s charter renewal application. This means that the Shoemaker Campus’s...

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