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 messed up today. I messed up, and a nine-year-old called me out. In front of the whole class. That’s right, one of the most…
“I didn’t come here to teach those kinds of kids.” It’s alarming to think that adults charged with helping students of color succeed in school…
Every tough decision comes with some measure of remorse for what could have been. As I finish out my 20th and final year as a…
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