Equity and Justice

The Real Struggle is Building the Schools Black Children Deserve

October 3, 2026

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

July 2, 2016

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...

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

June 21, 2016

"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....

Pennsylvania’s Stubborn and “Savage Inequalities”

June 17, 2016

“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...

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