About Us
AACSC is made up of African American founded and led public charter school leaders and parents whose children attend these schools with the purpose of ending systemic bias and racism in public education and, specifically, doing that by creating a non-bias system of charter oversight, renewal, and expansion.
Our schools collectively represent over 5000 children and families who are from across the city of Philadelphia and even though these families are city residents, many times, the parents of the children who attend theses schools feel like they are aren’t being heard or supported by the stakeholders who represent them. Therefore, we’ve developed the I MATTER campaign which is our effort to correct misinformation that has been spread about public charter schools as well as hold all fo our stakeholders and individuals who are positions of power accountable to not only ensure our scholars and parents feel like they do matter, but to also create a more fair and equitable system for our schools.
Our Coalition represents not only high quality and culturally focused educational programming and learning environments, but we also serve as economic engines for the communities we reside in. We also promote the social and emotional wellness and heritage of our diverse students celebrating their culture and Blackness. Despite doing all of this, there are still many inequities that exist between white and Black led schools when it comes to funding, resources, and support.
Our schools collectively represent over 5000 children and families who are from across the city of Philadelphia and even though these families are city residents, many times, the parents of the children who attend theses schools feel like they are aren’t being heard or supported by the stakeholders who represent them. Therefore, we’ve developed the I MATTER campaign which is our effort to correct misinformation that has been spread about public charter schools as well as hold all fo our stakeholders and individuals who are positions of power accountable to not only ensure our scholars and parents feel like they do matter, but to also create a more fair and equitable system for our schools.
Our Coalition represents not only high quality and culturally focused educational programming and learning environments, but we also serve as economic engines for the communities we reside in. We also promote the social and emotional wellness and heritage of our diverse students celebrating their culture and Blackness. Despite doing all of this, there are still many inequities that exist between white and Black led schools when it comes to funding, resources, and support.