Black Lives Matter, Teach for America, and Racial Justice in Education

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Open Letter to DeRay Mckesson on TFA and Racial Justice in Education,
from the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers. (DeRay Mckesson is an activist in Black Lives Matter and former teacher with Teach For America. He is in Philadelphia to speak alongside Teach for America)

The Caucus of Working Educators is committed to racial justice in our schools and society, and we stand in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter movement.

We see Teach for America as working in opposition to the goals of publicly funded education for all students in Philadelphia and to the goal of increasing the number of teachers of color and teachers who are committed to building relationships with communities over the long term, which we see as an integral component of culturally responsive teaching.

We do not believe that the white billionaires that bankroll Teach for America and the corporate education “reform” movement are any more interested in the education of poor and working class Black and Latino children than we believe they are interested in ending police violence in Black and Brown communities.

http://www.workingeducators.org/open_letter_to_deray_mckesson