Francis has visited over 25 high-performing schools across the nation to learn what it takes to make award-winning, high-quality public charter schools. She believes charter schools offer an alternative option to parents and students who are not satisfied with the options available to them.
“…criticism of Black voter turnout that does not include increased access to high-quality equitable education is misguided to say the least. Demanding people vote without addressing inequities that disenfranchise them consents to the American myth of ‘pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.’”
Social and emotional competence yields similar academic gains as strictly educational interventions.
NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. Talks about the ‘Freedom Movement’ and the Black Press at Twelfth Street Christian Church