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Marva Collins, Black Educator Hall of Fame

February 27, 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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We’ll Know You’re Serious About Equity When It Is Reflected in the Teacher Workforce

October 11, 2020
by Jason Allen
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Education has never been something that has been valued in the United States as evidenced by our nation’s leaders continually cutting the education budget. They take away the capital needed for programming, initiatives, and...

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Two Percent Is Not Enough: Two Takeaways From the Second Annual National Black Male Educators Convening

October 29, 2018
by Colin Seale
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“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” This is one of my favorite Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes, but it leaves out a crucial point: the arc will not bend by itself. Someone has got to be...

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Philadelphia’s Future Superintendent: Get To Know Him

June 18, 2018
by Sharif El-Mekki
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I want to introduce you to one of my heroes. I have many, but this young man, Tamir Harper, is one of my favorites. We were so impressed with his work and voice, that a few years ago, we asked him to join The Fellowship: Black...

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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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Teacher Colleges, We Need You to Step Up

December 14, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
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“After 30 years of doing such work, I have concluded that classroom teaching…is perhaps the most complex, most challenging, and most demanding, subtle, nuanced, and frightening activity that our species has ever invented. The...

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Black Men, White Boards

November 20, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
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Much has been said about the need for more diversity in our teaching force. I have written about it here, here and here. The US Secretary of Education, HBCU presidents and others have also pushed our country to diversify. Also...

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There’s a Hole in the Bucket, Dear Liza

September 8, 2016
by Soledad Alfaro
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I love the beginning of the school year. For those of us who spend most of our time with other adults – wrestling with data, designing programs and curricula, planning, planning and planning; when the students come back, it...

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