Sharif El-Mekki

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Principal, Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Featured Blog: Philly's 7th Ward
Blogger
Principal, Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Featured Blog: Philly's 7th Ward
You aren’t always able to choose family, but even if I were able, I would have still chosen my cousins.…
There is no honor in the world like being a teacher. And in a school, every single person can play…
On Wednesday, February 6, 2019, I had the honor of speaking at the Black Lives Matter in Schools Week of…
Hazim Hardeman is a Rhodes Scholar. In fact, he is Temple University’s first student to be bestowed this honor. The…
As a child, youth, and adult, I have had the absolute pleasure of being surrounded by Mamas and Babas who…
Almost every December 31, at 7:00 p.m., my family joins the Avenging the Ancestors Coalition (ATAC) to honor our ancestors…
On June 19, 1865, two years after Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation freeing (only) some of the enslaved, Union Major…
Imagine a doctor knowing vital, life-saving information about your health, but not sharing it with you. It would be not…
Last week the Journey for Justice Alliance released a report called “Failing Brown v. Board.” The report is a direct…
Time and time again, I’ve heard educators say that the lack of parental engagement in their schools is what is…
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