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The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Speaks, But Is Anyone Listening?

January 29, 2018
by David November
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The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights recently issued a sweeping 158-page report demonstrating how K-12 funding structures negatively impact opportunities for low-income students and students of color. Among many recommendations...

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National School Choice Week Is About Celebrating Every Parent’s Right to Choose

January 25, 2018
by Sharif El-Mekki
4 min read
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One of my favorite weeks of the year,  is  National School Choice Week. School choice means parental choice. It means ensuring that families have access to the school options (traditional, charter, magnet, homeschooling...

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The Sunken Place of Shattered Dreams

January 22, 2018
by Dia Jones
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Dia Jones, shares a poignant message about her grandmother, Dr. King, and the hope and dreams of Black students. My grandmother was the epitome of a dream catcher. She was born in a place and time when she was not expected to...

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MANSUR’S MANIFESTO: HOW AN ASPIRING BLACK MALE TEACHER PLANS TO TURN TEACHING INTO ACTIVISM

January 14, 2018
by Sharif El-Mekki
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 Mansur Buffins served as a summer intern at The Education Trust. Over the summer, he wrote for their blog page. Mansur reminds me of members of The Fellowship: Black Male Educators for Social Justice and Philly youth like...

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STAY WOKE. DON’T BLINK: THE NATIONAL BLACK MALE EDUCATORS CONVENING

October 15, 2017
by Sharif El-Mekki
7 min read
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You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time. -Angela Davis How many Black male teachers did you have in your pre-K to 12th-grade experience? Black men are the most...

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It’s Time to Get Out of That Sunken Place and Stop Driving Ms. Randi

August 7, 2017
by Sharif El-Mekki
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Many of my conscious Black friends shared their reflections about seeing the movie depicting Black folks in a “sunken place.” Well, if Get Out is anything like the slow-moving train wreck that keeps playing as I watch...

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We Can Save You, But You Must Leave Your Community

July 28, 2017
by Sharif El-Mekki
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Recently I had the honor of speaking at the National Network of State Teachers of the Year conference. It was great to be in a room with so many accomplished educators who have been recognized by their states as at the top of...

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Longtime Educator Offers Last Rites, Lays to Rest Tired Debate on Public School Choice. Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust…

July 14, 2017
by Sharif El-Mekki
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Guest Blogger Dia L. Jones is here to slay and lay to rest the charter school vs. traditional public school argument – once and for all. Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust…. Dearly Beloved, We are all gathered here today to...

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Working for Educational Justice Is a Lifestyle

April 21, 2017
by Sharif El-Mekki
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One of many Brittany Packnett’s tweets has stuck with me and brought up all types of memories of my childhood. Leadership is consistent: the arc of the moral universe does bend toward justice, but it's long. We have to...

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We Don’t Need Any More Allies. We Need Accomplices in the Fight for Justice.

March 7, 2017
by Sharif El-Mekki
4 min read
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@MsPackyetti "Allies take up space; accomplices take up risk." #SummitX #UNDENIABLE — SFER (@SFERnational) March 5, 2017 Last week, I had the absolute pleasure to spend time with reformers and resisters at the...

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