We Don't Need No Education!

The Philadelphia School system is horrible. I have two young black men that I am trying to raise to take over the world and I live in a city with a substandard school system.

We moved here and I didn't really think about the school system. We moved because we both had career opportunities. When we had our first son, I went into panic mode.
In Brooklyn, my family stressed education above anything else. I went to great schools (shouts out to BTHS and NYU) and worked hard. That was my ticket out of struggling. To be faced with bad educational options with a baby.....was not a good thing.

I started researching schools from the minute he could walk. This is the land of private school....Friend.s S.elect, Ha.verford Boys, Wal.dron Mercy.....there are phenomal private schools in this city....I just REFUSE to pay $18,000 for Kindergarten when I also have another child in daycare.

I started to investigate the Public School system. There had to be one school that I could find for my son. After pouring through the State Test Scores, I kept noticing one school repeatedly came in first. This school was number one in math and reading for the last three years. It's the only Blue Ribbon Public School in Philadelphia.

I started hunting.....why is this school in my neighborhood? How come I've never heard of it? Turns out, it is a small, very select Charter School. While many Charters have teachers that aren't accredited or the schools lose funding.....this school is expanding, is receiving lots of grant money and the teachers are top notch educators. And....The school is run by a SISTER.....

So last night was Tali 1's interview. I was so proud of him. I gave him the "act right or die" speech all morning so he was on his best behavior. He really is the smartest kid alive. I was so proud of him. Not just for answering all of their questions, but for BEHAVING like he had some home training :)

Now we just have to wait to hear if he made it.