Black Parent Empowerment Workshop: Access to Advanced Academics

Black Parent Empowerment Workshop: Access to Advanced Academics

Supported by Durham Public Schools Deputy Superintendent, Director of Equity Affairs, and Director of Advanced Academics; two school Principals; a Black Male honors/AP teacher; a Durham Associate of Education equity-minded school counselor: two Black honors/AP high school students; and a North Carolina Central University honor student; along with six education vendors and nearly 100 attendees, […]

Discipline Disparities

Discipline Disparities

In December 2018, Rev. Dr. Fathimah Salleh, a mother with children in Durham Public Schools shared her heart when she released an open letter to Durham Public Schools about what she experienced in her son’s In-School Suspension (ISS). It brought light the following: A continued problem of the over-suspension of Black and Brown students. The […]