{"id":274255,"date":"2021-06-14T19:14:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T16:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pharrell-opening-private-virginia-schools-for-low-income-families\/"},"modified":"2021-06-14T19:14:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T16:14:59","slug":"pharrell-opening-private-virginia-schools-for-low-income-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pharrell-opening-private-virginia-schools-for-low-income-families\/","title":{"rendered":"#Pharrell Opening Private Virginia Schools For Low-Income Families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Pharrell Opening Private Virginia Schools For Low-Income Families<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image large\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2021\/02\/210215-Pharrell-Williams-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"Pharrell Opening Private Virginia Schools For Low-Income Families\" class=\"large\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-caption\">\n<span>Mauricio Santana\/Getty Images<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy  js-entry-text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<span class=\"location\">Norfolk, VA \u2013 <\/span> Pharrell Williams\u2019 philanthropic arm is once again giving back to his home state of Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>According to<em> The Virginian-Pilot,<\/em> the Grammy Award-winning artist\u2019s nonprofit Yellow plans on opening a small fleet of private schools for students from low-income families. The flagship school will open in Ghent this fall for students grade three to five, expanding on Yellow\u2019s decade of experience running summer programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the system is fixed and unfair, then it needs to be broken,\u201d Pharrell said in a statement. \u201cWe don\u2019t want lockstep learning where so many kids fall behind; we want bespoke learning designed for each child, where the things that make a child different are the same things that will make a child rise up and take flight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmayoralexander%2Fposts%2F2110688949031358&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"708\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dubbed Yellowhab \u2014 \u201cyellow\u201d after Pharrell\u2019s nonprofit and \u201chab\u201d after the name of the Mars habitat in the movie <em>The Martian<\/em> \u2014 the school will be tuition-free for at least the first year.\u00a0One of the school\u2019s earliest donors, the Walton Family Foundation, has spent millions over the last 20 years to support and promote charter schools.<\/p>\n<p>While Yellow has other ties to charter advocates, executive director Mike McGalliard said the school isn\u2019t planning to seek\u00a0local <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roval or funding to make this school a public charter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very clear here that we\u2019re not taking away from the city or the district,\u201d McGalliard explained. \u201cWe want to be additive and not put any kind of onerous, intrusive impact on those institutions. It\u2019s very important that we not disrupt that revenue stream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pharrell Williams - Happy (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y6Sxv-sUYtM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Pharrell reportedly chose Norfolk for the site of the first school because of housing segregation and the city\u2019s plans to redevelop three public housing communities through its billion-dollar St. Paul\u2019s redevelopment, which has displaced families across the area. So far, the majority of families who\u2019ve left public housing have ended up in racially and economically segregated neighborhoods zoned for racially and economically segregated public schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResidents (are) being displaced from their homes with potentially limited housing options available which limits options for the children,\u201d Yellow\u2019s Director of Engagement Stephanie Walters wrote in an email. \u201cWe have a great relationship with the City of Norfolk and want to be a part of the solution in supporting the community with resources and support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Norfolk Mayor Kenny Alexander added, \u201cWhat happened was breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty. To see that students had gone on to university and some of the Ivy League schools was just very impressive. That\u2019s what we witnessed there. Because it\u2019s tuition-free, Williams\u2019 school will let children whose parents can\u2019t afford private schools enroll in one if that\u2019s what they want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The school\u2019s curriculum will give priority to STEAM (<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>, engineering, art and math) and will look to open a middle school next year as well as other schools. The first school opens on September 7. Families can apply for enrollment on Yellow\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.teamyellow.org\/yellowhab\">website<\/a>\u00a0until July 1 and students will be selected using a lottery. The school will initially enroll 40 to 50 students.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Kyle Eustice\"><br \/>\nby Kyle Eustice\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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