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Philly Hero, Gloria Ladson-Billings, Talks About How Race, Class, & Privilege Plays Out In Our Schools & Classrooms

Gloria Ladson-Billings remembers that there was a difference between the black and white teachers she had growing up in Philadelphia. African-American teachers could give the...

The Center for Black Educator Development: Freedom Schools & Freedom Summer – A Way to Address Inequity In Our Schools

All that is good and accomplished in the world takes work. Everything else is jive. -Haki Madhubuti  We launched the Center for Black Educator Development...

A Letter to White Teachers of My Black Children

Dear White Teachers of My Black Children: I am a Black mom. I know it’s sometimes hard to decide whether to...

Class of 2019, May You Forever Be Free

During my eleven years as the proud principal of the Mastery Charter Schools – Shoemaker Campus, I had the distinct honor of celebrating nine...

Do You Want to Elevate the Teaching Profession and Improve Achievement Levels of All Students? Then, Diversify Our Teachers.

May 22, 2019 The Honorable Betsy DeVosSecretaryU.S. Department of Education400 Maryland Avenue, SWWashington, D.C. 20202 Dear Secretary DeVos, America’s schoolchildren and the adults who serve them face...

162 Years After Dred Scott, America’s Courts Still Believe Black Students Don’t Have Rights That White People Need to Respect

Earlier this month marked 162 years since the racist U.S. Supreme Court, once again, loudly and proudly declared white supremacy as the law of...

The Role of Our Fathers in Developing the Next Generation of Readers and Dreamers

Dr.  Nosakhere Griffin-El is a former student of mine at John P. Turner Middle School. He is dedicated to increasing the literacy rates of...

How Can We Get Philly Kids Reading At Grade Level By Fourth Grade?

The week of July 22, more than 700 thought leaders and funders from across the country gathered in Philadelphia for Grade Level Reading Week,...

If the Constitution Can’t Guarantee a Quality Education for All, Amend It or Just Burn It

In the spring of 1857, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, reminded the world that, Blacks were not and could never become citizens of the...

Black America, It’s Time We Take the Education of Our People Into Our Own Hands

Last week marked 64 years since the Supreme Court ended segregation in our schools. The Brown v. Board of Education ruling overturned Plessy v. Ferguson—the...
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