reading
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Philly Educator Gets $20 Million to Create All-Black Schools…And a Lot of Hate in the Process
Sharif El-Mekki’s Center for Black Educator Development has received over $20 million in donations.
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Data Shows Major Reading Gap between Black and White Florida Students
Black students fall behind white students by nearly 30 percent.
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'Mondays With Michelle': Your Forever First Lady and Quarantine BFF Is Hosting a Livestream Story Time for the Kids
Pure, genuine respite may feel hard to come by lately, especially if you’re on day…39? 300?—of quarantining with the kids. Thankfully, former First Lady Michelle Obama is offering a little bit of solace to maxed out parents and caregivers—“Mondays with Michelle Obama,” a limited weekly series in which our #ForeverFLOTUS reads a children’s book out…
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This Massachusetts School Has Endured Months of Racist, Hateful Graffiti—but Can’t Seem to Find the Culprit
At the only public high school in Reading, Mass., swastikas and other hateful graffiti have become a regular occurrence. A new report from the Boston Globe reveals the extent of the problem at Reading Memorial High School, where Nazi symbols and racial and homophobic slurs have popped up at least 30 times since May 2017.…
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Lit. District. Chapter 2: #LOVE | Tuesday, March 1
Lit. District Chapter #2: LOVE |Tuesday, March 1| Tap & Parlour Come join us for books, beats, and booze as we kick off our proverbial shoes and relax our feet as @djclevelandbrowne spins the dope sounds while you sip and chill with the cool kids. We’ll have as many as 10 people read up to…