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New Candidate - 2023 MEET ANDREW “DREW” KING Cambridge Roots The benefits I accrued from Cambridge Public Schools – high-quality instruction, abundant resources, heterogeneous classrooms, project-based learning opportunities, and summer internships – were unparalleled. However, I also witnessed many Black, brown, and low-income classmates and peers being marginalized, over-disciplined, and lacking the support and resources they needed to thrive in school. This strengthened my commitment to fighting for education justice for all. Directing Youth & Education Policy in NYC City Government Ph.D. in Education Policy & Grassroots Activism in Cambridge As an active board member of the statewide education advocacy organization Citizens for Public Schools and a member of the Education Committee of Our Revolution Cambridge, I have organized statewide forums, testified at School Committee meetings, and authored op-eds on the harms of high stakes testing to educators and students and the need for more equitable school funding and programs to create anti-racist schools. I currently work as a postdoctoral education researcher at the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. I now live on Chilton Street near the Tobin School with my partner Marcelle, an experienced union organizer. We are renters, like so many of our peers, and hope, despite the high cost of living, to be able to raise a family in Cambridge. In running for School Committee, I hope to leverage my deep roots in Cambridge, extensive experience in city government implementing education policy and serving young people, and strong background in education research to help to guarantee every child in our city a rigorous, well-funded, culturally-relevant public education. Policy Platform: --Uplift family, educator & student voices in education by promoting shared decision-making and collaborative school governance. --Ensure a rich, holistic curriculum that addresses the needs of the whole child, including ample time for play and socialemotional supports. --Close racial and economic opportunity gaps through hiring more educators of color, implementing an anti-racist curriculum, providing wraparound supports for struggling students, and more. --Ensure all our educators receive excellent pay, benefits and working conditions. --Reduce standardized testing, support efforts to end the MCAS graduation requirement, and promote alternatve assessment options. --Provide free or affordable after school programs, extracurricular activities, sports, and safe recreation spaces for all children. CCTV Candidate video (2023) |
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