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2nd District Candidate Fatimah Muhammad Places Education Ahead of Schooling
Muhammad, who refers to herself as Dr. Hip-Hop, explains how her current role as a teacher at Chicago State University inspired her to run for the coveted congressional seat.
On Tuesday, Feb. 12, I met Fatimah Muhammad on the South Side of Chicago. Muhammad is an assistant professor at Chicago State University and was inspired to run for office when she found out some of the problems at the school could be solved at the legislative level. Muhammad noted that she is not a politician and considers a vote for her to be a vote to elevate the people of the 2nd District to power. Visit Fatimah Muhammad's candidate profile on Patch to watch his speech about the 2nd District. Education Since she is a teacher, it's no surprise Muhammad placed education as her primary concern for the district. Muhammad said she would look for a way to bring more federal dollars to the 2nd District for the purpose of improving education…
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Veronica
12:09 am on Saturday, February 23, 2013
Exactly what Anthony Williams said in one of his questionnaires. That educators are more knowledgeable about the needs of their schools/classrooms/students and what they have to say should be taken into great consideration as opposed to persons having no classroom experience. He said more, but he believes teachers should dictate what our students need to help them excel academically because they … more ›