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Opting Out Co-Opts Our Fight for Equity and Accountability

April 17, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
6 min read
6 Comments

The other day I rode by a mansion in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania—one of the wealthiest districts in the state, if not the country—and I noticed a sign encouraging people to “opt out” of our state’s annual standardized...

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Randi, We Don’t Need a Photo-Op, We Need Better Schools

April 17, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
5 min read
3 Comments

Recently, Philadelphia Superintendent William R. Hite announced that North Philadelphia school E.W. Rhodes Elementary would be among four schools undergoing a district-run turnaround plan—requiring staff to reapply for their...

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