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EDUCATION EQUITY SUMMIT
| Thursday | 6:00 pm | 7:00 am |
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EDUCATION EQUITY SUMMIT TO TACKLE URGENT CHALLENGES FACING PHILLY SCHOOLS
Note: Event took place on Saturday, October 25, 2025 and and will air in two parts on November 6th and November 14th at 6pm
WHAT: An Educational Equity Summit will bring together Philly educators, policymakers, and community leaders to examine challenges facing public schools, including aging infrastructure and teacher shortages, and to highlight bold, actionable solutions.
WHO: Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia and leading education advocates and policymakers including:
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Dr. James Peterson (Evening WURDS, WURD) — Moderator
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Cara McClellan (UPenn Law)
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Councilmember Isaiah Thomas (Chair, Education Committee)
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Michelle Palmer (Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia)
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Ansharaye Hines (Center for Black Educator Development)
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Dr. Stephen Brady (Former Deputy Chief of K-8 Instruction, School District of Philadelphia)
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Dawn Chavous (Education Advocate)
WHY: To surface 3–5 actionable steps city and school leaders can take this semester on attendance, facilities, teacher pipeline, and student safety grounded in legal, policy, and classroom realities.
About Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia
Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia is working to achieve equity and diversity in education. For middle school Scholars, Breakthrough provides FREE academic enrichment, preparation for high school applications and success, career inspiration through full-day, six-week Summer Program and Saturday School Year Program. Teaching Fellows are trained to be future educators through Breakthrough’s selective Teaching Fellow Residency Program. Over 500 Teaching Fellows have trained at Breakthrough, and they’ve helped over 1,600 high need, highly motivated middle school student Scholars. 85% of Scholars have been admitted to Top 1-2nd choice high school, with 91% attending ex-neighborhood high schools (i.e. select, charter, independent, parochial schools). For more on Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia visit: www.breakthroughphilly.org