by Drick Boyd | Jun 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
In 1954 the Supreme Court issued their decision on the case of Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka, KS, which outlawed school desegregation, effectively nullifying the 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson decision that allowed for “separate but equal” treatment of...
by Drick Boyd | May 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
I have long been an advocate for high quality urban public schools and an opponent of PA Republican Tom Corbett’s wholesale slashing of financial support for poor urban school districts like the Chester-Upland and Philadelphia School Districts. The former is facing...
by Drick Boyd | Aug 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
Amidst tremors from an earthquake on Tuesday and the impending hurricane this weekend, Philadelphia’s schools experienced another shock wave when now-former superintendent Arlene Ackerman went on the offensive against those who forced her out of her...
