Voice: Sharif El-Mekki

Thirty years ago, Philly led a groundbreaking effort to recruit more Black men into classrooms. A local educator is leading the charge to revive that campaign because #WeNeedBlackTeachers for the sake of our students

The founder of a Black teacher pipeline wonders: Isn’t it time to make a long-term investment in our public school children’s futures?

Here are some ways schools can take action and demonstrate a commitment to anti-racism that is essential for reducing pandemic learning loss

The first-ever virtual Freedom Schools Literacy Academy models liberation education — and gets results

The director of a Black teacher training program pens an open letter to new educators for their “subversive act of hope”

A longtime educator/activist bemoans the dilemma of progressive cities like Philly, where everyone progresses, except for Black and Brown children.

A Mastery principal notes that schools also need support to keep those—and all—teachers in their jobs

As her Mastery-Shoemaker principal attests, the high schooler benched from basketball because of her hijab is a freedom fighter for our times

A Mastery high school principal who is both a gun owner and gunshot victim on why guns in schools makes kids less safe

A Mastery principal who boycotted the NFL this year is grateful to the Eagles—for helping him demonstrate that activism matters