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EL-MEKKI: Recruiting Black Teachers Into A Burning Schoolhouse Won’t Help To Retain Them

contributor April 27, 2022

Sharif El-Mekki is the founder and CEO of the Center for Black Educator Development. He is a former principal of Mastery Charter School–Shoemaker Campus and

EL-MEKKI: We Have an Education Crisis in Our Hands and Curtailing the Charter Schools Program Is No Way to Fix It

contributor April 12, 2022

Sharif El-Mekki is the founder and CEO of the Center for Black Educator Development. He is a former principal of Mastery Charter School–Shoemaker Campus and

Q and A: You Won’t Retain Black Teachers Without Transforming Your School Culture

Laura Waters October 27, 2021

New Jersey badly lacks teachers of color and the cost is borne by Black and Brown children. If a Black child has even one Black

Center for Black Educator Development (CBED)

EL-MEKKI: Recruiting Black Teachers Into A Burning Schoolhouse Won’t Help To Retain Them

Q and A: You Won’t Retain Black Teachers Without Transforming Your School Culture

BREAKING: Statement from JerseyCAN on State’s Long-Delayed Release of Student Test Results

NJEA: Murphy’s Elimination of Teacher Performance Test Is a Major Win for Students and Educators

Murphy Signs Bill Eliminating EdTPA Test for Teacher Certification

LILLEY: Blue States Had More School Closures and More Learning Loss — Just Like NJ under Gov. Murphy

Lamont Repollet and the 64 Floor: How Did He Raise Asbury Park’s Graduation Rate? Let’s Do the Math.

Too Much Fun to Pass By: Planet Princeton Trips Up Public School Choice Opponent Julia Sass Rubin

Braun Crosses the Line

Ed Comm. Repollet Goes For the “Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations” but State Board of Education Refuses to Play – For Now.

Opting-In as “the Great Equalizer”