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Anne Spencer, Black Educator Hall of Fame

February 18, 2021
by Center for Black Educator Development CBED
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E’ry day this month, the Center for Black Educator Development, in partnership with Phillys7thWard.org, will highlight a Black Educator Hall of Famer. But, don’t forget, e’ry month is Black History...

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Harry T. Moore, Black Educator Hall of Fame Member

February 11, 2021
by Center for Black Educator Development CBED
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E’ry day this month, the Center for Black Educator Development, in partnership with Phillys7thWard.org, will highlight a Black Educator Hall of Famer. But, don’t forget, e’ry month is Black History...

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When Black Parents Were the Ones to Go On Strike Against A School District – A Tactic Black Parents Should Exercise Again.

September 15, 2019
by Sharif El-Mekki
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There is always much talk about integration, segregation, and desegregation. There is less talk of the power Black families hold and a blueprint Black parents can use to make demands that create seismic shifts for what they...

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When It Comes to Charter Schools, Bernie Sanders Needs to Learn From Black Families

May 21, 2019
by Sharif El-Mekki
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Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said he would use his power and platform to temporarily ban Black families from exercising the right to make choices about their children’s education. It would be disheartening...

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Even as a Student, Maye-gan Brown Has Something to Teach Us About the School-to-Activism Pipeline

April 10, 2019
by Sharif El-Mekki
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There is no honor in the world like being a teacher. And in a school, every single person can play a teaching role. In fact, even our students can be their teachers’ teachers. Maye-gan Brown has played that role in my life...

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Some Black Folks Don’t Want to End White Supremacy, They Just Want to Better Their Position in It

November 2, 2018
by Sharif El-Mekki
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I was recently in Hartford, Connecticut, at the invitation of Mama Gwen Samuel, an activist who works on behalf and with the community.  I wasn’t prepared for what I was to encounter; callousness of Black bourgeois, disregard...

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Black Organizations and Philanthropists Are Secretly Meeting to Create a Plan for Radically Changing Public Schools

October 21, 2018
by Citizen Stewart
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Theodore Roosevelt famously said: “Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.” According to a message I just received, some of our most prominent black leaders are about to put that saying into action on behalf...

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50 Years Ago Students Said ‘No’ to Racist Policies and Walked Out Their Schools

November 13, 2017
by Sharif El-Mekki
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On November 17, 1967, 3,500 Black students walked out of their classrooms and schools and converged at the School District of Philadelphia’s headquarters. They were on the School-to-Activism Pipeline. These student activists...

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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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Rev. Sharpton, That’s Not What You Said When You Visited Our Charter School.

July 26, 2017
by Sharif El-Mekki
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“Money is a good servant, but a bad master.” Just like you flip a coin, people can flip-flop on an issue. Especially when there’s money involved. There are those, like Malcolm X, who reinvent themselves through careful...

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