@ntlBAEO

Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) support parental choice to empower families and increase quality educational options for Black children

 Washington, DC
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Joined January 2010
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After 18 years of dedicated service to Black parents and children, all that's left to say is...Thank You!
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Today is the last day for @ntlBAEO. Thanks to all of the funders, board members, staff, volunteers, allies and fellow warriors who carried the BAEO banner for 18 yrs. #TheStruggleContinues
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Don’t call these schools “segregated,” but do reflect on why your advanced classes are so White. k12dc.education/blog/2017/12… #DCedu #edchat #edreform
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Charters Didn’t Cause Segregation. They’re a Solution for Its Victims nymag.com/daily/intelligence… #charterschools @AP
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Replying to @gerard_924 @AdvancingOpps @tmcf_hbcu
Congratulations to my friend & former @ntlBAEO Prez @gerard_924 🙌🏽 @AdvancingOpps @tmcf_hbcu
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Most kids bring lunch to school but this girl brings her lunch home to feed her family. A sad story of poverty, hunger and education from @BernitaBneeneeb. #Voices4Ed detroitschooltalk.org/2017/1…
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The bottom line is that parents choose #charterschools because they work. j.mp/2A2IlTr #charterswork
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The issue for low income Black children is how to get an effective education. I don’t oppose integration. I support excellent education for poor Black children wherever they can find it. Blaming charter schools for the lack of integration is bogus. yahoo.com/news/us-charter-sc…
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RT @dmmcgriff: Jeb Bush Calls for ‘New Coalitions of the Willing’ to Back Education Reform in Era of Intense Divisiveness @The74 the74million.org/?p=515137 @NextGenStacey @nsvf

Jeb Bush Calls for ‘New Coalitions of the Willing’ to Back Education Reform in Era of Intense...

Bipartisanship is essential to advancing education reform efforts, former Florida governor Jeb Bush said Thursday, even if it’s harder and harder to come by these days. “Education should not be a...

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A Black six-grade science teacher talks about diversity in education e4e.org/blog-news/blog/diver… #blackeducation #STEM #diversity #diversifyed
They earned their degree but skipped school—a sad story from D.C. What Really Happened At Ballou, The D.C. High School Where Every Senior Got Into College wamu.org/story/17/11/28/real… #edchat #k12 #hsdiploma #edreform

What Really Happened At Ballou, The D.C. High School Where Every Senior Got Into College

In June, one of the District's poorest high schools celebrated a major achievement: all of its graduates were accepted to college. But an investigation by WAMU and NPR shows that many of these...

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Nashville’s Newest Charter School Embraces Black Empowerment ow.ly/wPxS30gRGLo #charterschools #blackeducation
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.@SFUnified denied @KIPPBayArea proposal to open new elementary school in city’s poorest area @The74 ow.ly/mRjW30gQ0SG

Despite Startling Achievement Gaps, San Francisco Board Rejects Bid to Bring KIPP School to Poor...

The push to expand the KIPP network in San Francisco was at least momentarily halted last week after the city’s Board of Education turned down its proposal for a new elementary school in Bayview–Hu...

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As your family reflects on all of the wonderful things to be thankful for, we are thankful to all of you for your dedication and commitment to our children. Thank you for supporting our work for nearly 20 years! From our family to yours, Happy Thanksgiving!
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VIDEO: An uplifting story of a New Orleans student who survived Katrina and is now at Yale Divinity School. #HappyThanksgiving #Voices4Ed @The74 @collegiateacad the74million.org/article/wat…

Watch — 74 Student Profile: Troy Simon’s Incredible Journey From New Orleans to Yale

Troy Simon was a student in New Orleans when the levees broke during Hurricane Katrina. He fled a life in the margins to a temporary school in Houston where, in fifth grade, he learned how to read...

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A Halloween incident triggers painful memories for this Black student from Baltimore. #Voices4Ed @kayewhitehead ow.ly/QJpo30gIJjr

Opinion | At my Baltimore school, we played ‘Let’s get the black boy.’ I was the black boy.

How a Halloween photo stirred memories of past racism.

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Louisiana’s Black students are disciplined far more than their White classmates. ow.ly/Z8Ny30gIJ9J #laed #Edcolor #educolor #edpolicy
A new study finds reasons to cheer Chicago charter high schools. ow.ly/AeA230gIIZh #charterschools #edreform

UChicago Consortium studies differences between CPS charter, non-charter schools

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Ex-gang members, jobs and “the irresistible culture of tenderness.” Father Greg Boyle of @HomeboyInd talks with @nprfreshair. #Voices4Ed @FrGregBoyle npr.org/2017/11/13/563734736…

Priest Responds To Gang Members' 'Lethal Absence Of Hope' With Jobs, And Love

Homeboy Industries founder Father Greg Boyle has spent 30 years working in LA with gang members and young people transitioning out of prison. His new book is Barking to the Choir.

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"The worst thing about being a homeless student was the hunger.” @lizzyshoben has good reason to raise awareness about our country’s millions of homeless students. She was one. #Voices4Ed #hhweek educationpost.org/the-worst-…
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