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  • Nationwide School 'Walk-ins' Organized to Demand Educational Justice for Black and Brown Communities

    On Thursday the union-affiliated Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools organized “walk-ins” in 200 cities and 2,000 public schools in black and brown communities to fight against “the long-standing and systematic underfunding of their public schools,” AROS said in a press release. Hundreds of affiliated parent, education and student groups rallied behind a six-point platform, which includes: a call for the…

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    Andre Perry

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  • 'Educational Choice' Is a Slogan Slick Enough for Donald Trump

    Donald Trump outlined his policy and philosophy for K-12 education in a speech Thursday at Cleveland Arts and Social Sciences Academy or CASSA, a for-profit charter school in the largest city of the battleground state of Ohio. The Republican presidential nominee and founder of Trump University accused Democrats of trapping black and Hispanic youths in…

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    Andre Perry

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  • Democrats for Education Reform Seek to Empower Parents and Strengthen Black Communities

    In a piece entitled, “Democratic Political Infighting Over Education Harms Black Families,” which was published on The Root last month, Dr. Andre Perry claimed that our organization, Democrats for Education Reform, not only “attacked” Hillary Clinton—because our position on charter schools differs from that of the former secretary of state—but also that we have broken away…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Pushback Against the NAACP's Anti-Charter School Stance Is Misguided and Self-Serving

    In calling for a moratorium on all charter schools, the NAACP has declared, after years of discussion, that it’s concerned enough about local governance, millionaire charter school board members and public fund-spending to take a stand. While there are a plethora of arguments to be made, for me it all comes down to following the money. Full…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Black Folks Don’t Need Education Reform; We Need a System We Can Call Our Own

    The scant mention of Democrats’ official platform on K-12 education on the main stage at the Democratic National Convention last week was clearly a political effort to distance the party from the fray. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has backed off many hallmarks of the accountability era that started with the passage of No Child Left…

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    Andre Perry

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