Guest Blogger
Parent
Newark, New Jersey
Dexter Williams is the parent of four daughters, a Newark native and a parent advocate. His oldest daughter was a founding member of KIPP TEAM Academy in Newark, New Jersey, and his two other daughters attend KIPP New Jersey schools.
Recently I joined hundreds of fathers and male mentors at my daughter’s school for their annual “Dads Walk Your Child…
I swear I wasn’t trying to end Black History Month with white people and skinfolk that ain’t kinfolk foolery but … Yesterday my homie, Dr.…
We know all too well Black and brown students in marginalized communities are now bearing the brunt of the pandemic’s effect on schools—with inadequate technology,…
A month ago, as Amanda Gorman shared her beautiful prose during President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ inauguration, students at KIPP Rise Academy in Newark had…
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