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Archive - April 2019

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Stop Acting Shocked by the College Admissions Scandal and Start Fighting for Real Equity

April 29, 2019
by Sharif El-Mekki
4 min read
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I walked by a TV a couple of weeks ago and heard the news reporter mention affluent people — not satisfied with the opulent wealth which already placed them at significant advantage in our faux merit-based system — choosing...

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9 Things Educators Can Do to Liberate the Minds of Black Children

April 13, 2019
by Sharif El-Mekki
10 min read
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We must be about the business of liberating the minds of Black children. In order for that to occur, the minds of all Blacks who interact with them must also be liberated. There is no other way. – Bobby E. Wright Recently...

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Even as a Student, Maye-gan Brown Has Something to Teach Us About the School-to-Activism Pipeline

April 10, 2019
by Sharif El-Mekki
5 min read
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There is no honor in the world like being a teacher. And in a school, every single person can play a teaching role. In fact, even our students can be their teachers’ teachers. Maye-gan Brown has played that role in my life...

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She Doesn’t Want ‘Well-Behaved’ Students, She Wants Students Who Will Challenge the Status Quo

April 8, 2019
by Kelisa Wing
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“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” I have pondered over this Laurel Ulrich quote for several years after hearing it, and especially during Women’s History Month. I hope during this month, and beyond, we teach our...

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Public Schools Have Always Been Separate And Unequal. Today They’re Funded to Stay That Way

April 1, 2019
by Sharif El-Mekki
5 min read
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Students around the country are taught about America’s glorious victory in Brown v. Board of Education, the seminal moment that undid Plessy v. Ferguson’s separate but equal racial segregation. Desegregation is touted as a...

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