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What Does A School Turnaround Look Like?

Hildebrand Pelzer III, the principal of a public school, lays out the hard, slow work of improvement—and what it takes to turn schools around. On...

If Your Lesson Plans Aren’t Political Statements, Rip ‘Em Up and Start Over

While most traditional schools have always grounded their work in the 3 Rs (Reading, ‘Riting, ‘Rithmetic), other schools have determined that the actual work...

READING LESSON #1—TEACH THE TEACHERS

How can all students learn to read by 4th grade if so many teachers struggle with teaching reading? This piece first appeared in The Philadelphia...

Miles Wilson: The Fight For Equity Must Include What Happens After School!

Miles Wilson is President and CEO of EducationWorks, the city’s largest provider of OST programs. [email protected] In education circles, they call it “out of school...

Appointed or Elected School Boards: Which Will Serve Black and Brown Kids Better?

As members of Philadelphia’s business, academic, labor, and advocacy communities, we are regularly reminded that our city’s success is dependent upon the success of...

I Want to See White People As Outraged About Institutional Racism As They Are About Charlottesville

“I must encourage the freedom fighters who follow that any approach which fails to address white supremacy and its counterpart, the imputation of Black...

And Still They Rise: Parent Power in Philadelphia

This is a guest post from Tre Johnson. It originally appeared on the 50CAN blog and was reproduced here with his permission. Tre is a part-time superhero focused on education,...

4 Things Every Family Needs: Quality Education, Reading, Scrabble and Malcolm X

“…and watch your back.” That is the last thing my great aunt Maryam would say to any of her children, nephews, or nieces before parting....

9 Things Every Educator Needs to Know When Teaching Black Students

Most of my educational experiences as a child were in an all-Black spaces and all of my experiences as an educator have been in...

Being a Black Educator in the White Spaces in America’s Schools

According to the School District of Philadelphia, over 70% of its students are children of color while only 13% of students are white. But, I...

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