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“The Dope Teacher,” Giving Them Something to Lose
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Inside a Philadelphia middle-school classroom where students are building more than skills, and why it might matter more than anyone realizes. The Student Who Wasn’t Coming Back Jamiah wasn’t coming to class. Not late. Not eventually. Not after a warning or a phone call home. She made that clear the first time she crossed paths…
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HAIR WE GO! A JOURNEY OF LOVE, LOCKS, AND INFINITE REINVENTION
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Some people follow a straight line. Thalia Elie prefers a swirl, a spin, a spontaneous cha-cha of reinvention. She’s an Afro-Latina artist, author, hairstylist, photographer, tech visionary, and ordained minister (Bible in one hand, Black Girl Magic in the other.) She has stitched showstopping gowns for Macy’s runways, had her photography light up Times Square…