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I still have a dream | Why I am Ruthless for Educational Equity

January 15 2018

"I wish the opportunity to build and create was available to everyone. How different would our national community be, and our world be, if everyone...

School = Startup. How Camelback Ventures helped 3 School Founders (and their best advice)

January 11 2018

Three Camelback Fellows share how the Fellowship shaped both them as a person, including overcoming imposter syndrome, and their organization. They also share their best...

Miami-Dade: 4th largest school district, 92% students of color. Why aren’t more people talking about it?

January 5 2018

"In 2017, I did 1:1s with over 400 people in Miami. Parents, teachers, community members -- everyone is on the same page: we all agree...

What defines a Camelback Fellow?

January 3 2018

I started this blog post by trying to write an analysis of our rubric to share, but as I drafted, it became a reflection on...

The system was not made to support students of color. So I made a school that did

December 20 2017

Jonathan Johnson began his journey to founding a school when one of his students died tragically in a drug deal. He resolved to create an...

How this filmmaker uses superheroes to teach media misrepresentation

December 12 2017

In college, Tony Weaver, Jr. filled up notebooks with scripts, but no one on campus would make his films that dealt with race and identity. Today,...

I gave a student his third suspension; what he said next changed my life

December 4 2017

Tyler Brewster was the Dean of Discipline for a school in her childhood neighborhood. After 10 years in education, she thought she knew what her...

Why I Must Be Ruthless for Good

November 30 2017

"Ruthlessness has the implication and inherent meanings of aggressive intensity, unyielding pursuit of an end. What if we took that same ruthlessness and put it...

Fighting for Joy When Poverty is Fighting Against You

September 7 2017

"Poverty is knowing that if you don’t make it out, you will get stuck there. It’s knowing you will be stuck either working the farm,...

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