School Choice

When Your White Privilege Tells You to Speak for Black Parents, Resist the Urge

For some reason, Carol Burris believes she speaks for Black families. I give her credit as a lifelong and respected educator. We served on...

Black Families Have a Long History of Using School Choice as Resistance to Racist and Inadequate School Systems

National School Choice Week is an independent public awareness effort spotlighting effective education options for children, including traditional public schools, public charter schools, magnet...

To Know Philadelphia’s Black Community Is to Know How Thirsty We Are for Better Schools

I often wonder what it will take for Black children in our communities to attend high-performing schools. According to many anti-school choice opponents, the...

The NAACP Has Fallen and It Can’t Get Up

On Saturday, America’s oldest civil rights organization made its opposition to charter schools and Black families official. What the NAACP should have done, like their...

The NAACP Was Founded by White People and It Still Isn’t Looking Out for Black Families

Some organizations are committed to a cause. Everyone knows exactly what they stand for. Look at Greenpeace—everybody knows that they’re about reducing human harm...

Happy Anniversary, Mastery Charter Schools!

Happy Anniversary, Mastery Charter Schools. Congratulations! To celebrate our 15th anniversary, we held a banquet and fundraiser to recognize  our service of and partnership with...

Anti-Education Reformers: Make America Great Again

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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