During my eleven years as the proud principal of the Mastery Charter Schools – Shoemaker Campus, I had the distinct honor of celebrating nine graduating classes. Below are my final remarks to the graduating class of this...
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An article in the 74 shares that students in some charter schools are attaining college degrees at three to five times the national rate. That is outstanding. The article reminded me of our community’s aspirations for our...
“Mr. El-Mekki, I have been thinking…I think I want to be a teacher.” When Rasheen Hill, a West Chester University student and Shoemaker alumnus, visited me last week sporting his Alpha Phi Alpha jacket, he had news that...
Earlier this week, our Councilwoman, Jannie Blackwell, called for a public hearing on the low enrollment and graduation rates at colleges and universities for Black males in Philadelphia. David Hardy, founder of the Boys’...
@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...