Education Reform as Social Justice: The Legacy of Washington’s Ramona Edelin

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Education Reform as Social Justice: The Legacy of Washington’s Ramona Edelin

This month marked a formal goodbye to my dear friend and colleague, an indefatigable fighter for social justice and renowned champion of education reform, Dr. Ramona Edelin. Celebrating her life and work, many attended her memorial service in Washington. It was in the nation’s capital that I first met Ramona. I was in the process of opening Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School, named for my mother, who was a teacher and i…