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Standing room only at film on Black male students | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Standing room only at film on Black male students | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Standing room only at film on Black male students

by Patrick Gailey

Beyond the Bricks Project, a national effort to support Black male academic achievement, made its seventh stopof a 10-city tour at the Community College of Philadelphia on Saturday. Seating for 350 turned into standing room only in the Great Hall of the Winnet Student Life Building.

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TAG wants to hear from classroom teachers

The Notebook is not the only group asking for responses to a quick survey on its website this week. Once you've filled that one out, take a look at the Teacher Action Group's brief survey on conflict in the classroom.

The TAG survey, aimed at local classroom teachers, will be up till next Monday. Here is a letter introducing the survey:

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