Season 2, Episode 5: Dr. Marshaé Newkirk and Dr. Sarah Fye - All About Charter Schools

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Dr. Marshaé Newkirk is a career educator with over 20 years of experience serving public school students and families in New York and New Jersey. Her work as a teacher in the South Bronx, NY served as a springboard for a career in educational leadership and advocacy for children in historically marginalized and under-appreciated communities. She is the lead founder of an independent charter school in Newark, NJ, where she served as the School/Executive Director for 8 years. Marshaé provides leadership coaching and training for new and aspiring leaders through her work at New Leaders. In addition, she is an independent consultant offering leadership coaching with a focus on reimagining “best-practices” in schools in order to disrupt the status quo. Marshaé has earned Masters Degrees in Elementary Education and Administration and Supervision from Lehman College and Fordham University respectively, and holds a doctorate in Educational and Organizational Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Sarah Boulos Fye has served public school students in South Florida as a teacher and literacy specialist for over ten years and is currently supporting Somerset Academy, Inc., a charter school network based in Florida with over 75 schools in the US. Dr. Fye holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the Florida State University, a Master of Science in Reading and Literacy Education from Florida International University and a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania. With experience ranging from classroom teacher to virtual school teacher to reading coach to literacy specialist to network strategic planning, Dr. Fye has led review teams working with schools and staff desiring improvement by observing faculty and administrators, mentoring educators, and creating plans of action for school improvement by working with site and district administrators through research-based data collection and analysis practices. Dr. Fye is a member of the International Literacy Association, a facilitator of coursework for the Penn Literacy Network at the University of Pennsylvania, and a RILE Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. She is the co-host of the Big Ideas in Education podcast and focuses her research and life’s work on relationships and teacher retention.

Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Dr. Marshaé Newkirk and Dr. Sarah Fye about charter schools.

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