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Justin Oglesby

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Newark, New Jersey

Justin Oglesby is a Newark, New Jersey native, KIPP New Jersey alumnus and graduate of Johnson and Wales University, Class of 2016.

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Posted Dec. 8, 2016

Newark Is Full Of Kids With Potential But Our Schools Must Make It Happen

Not enough kids from cities like mine, Newark, go to college. But here’s the even bigger problem—still fewer young people…

By Justin Oglesby

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Posted Dec. 10, 2019

Democrats Are Finally Talking Public Education, But You Probably Won’t Be Invited to the Table

I couldn’t believe it. Finally, education was going to take center stage at the 2020 Public Education Forum. All the major Democratic candidates (and some…

By Zachary Wright 

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Posted Dec. 11, 2019

Black Kids Don’t Need to Sit Next to White Kids to Learn

Over the last decade, and indeed for longer than that, those fighting for justice, many of them White, have largely looked to integration as the…

By Zachary Wright 

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Posted Dec. 5, 2019

We Were Making Progress on School Discipline Until Betsy DeVos Came Along

At the turn of the century, in 1999, I was graduating from high school, motivated to enter the teaching profession with a passion to reform…

By Kelisa Wing

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