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CHANGING THE UNACCEPTABLE: Happy Anniversary To The ASPIRING TO EDUCATE Program

November 24, 2020
by Sharif El-Mekki
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“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” —Angela Davis Last year today, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania took a noteworthy step to change the unacceptable: a...

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High School Seniors: We Are Suffering Through This Pandemic. Don’t Make Underclassmen Suffer A Second Pandemic When Schools Reopen

April 24, 2020
by Doja and Imere School Board
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We are members of the Class of 2020. In the last few weeks, you’ve heard about us as the class who won’t get to go to prom, throw a senior prank, or share a normal graduation with our classmates and families. These things are...

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Online Learning Opportunities Should Be Equal For All Students

April 18, 2020
by Tomea Sippio-Smith
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Montgomery County, like the rest of the country, is in crisis mode. In this unprecedented era, millions of students are at home when they should be in school learning. We appreciate the efforts of local school district leaders to...

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96% Of Pennsylvania’s Teachers Are White. Does Anyone Else Think This Is A Problem?

May 8, 2018
by Sharif El-Mekki
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I recently participated in a Twitter chat, #4percent, with researchers from Research for Action and other educators as a follow up to RFA’s insightful recent report, Patching the Leaky Pipeline: Recruiting and Retaining...

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Why Aren’t They Funding Our Schools? They Don’t Think We Can Learn.

September 1, 2017
by Sharif El-Mekki
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Last week we had one of three family orientations to launch the 2017-18 school year. One of the messages I shared with families was that their community school has almost one million dollars less today than it had 10 years ago to...

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