I Am Dirk Tillotson
“Students who need and deserve the most tend to get the least, while the privileged magnify their advantages. That’s the system, I challenge anyone to prove me wrong.”
Why I Fight for Our Kids
I was born young, gifted and Black, in Upstate NY. Well I guess we are all born young. My parents moved to a high performing school district, but we were the first Black family on the block and one of the few flies in the buttermilk in the school. This created challenges and opportunities. And embedded in me, a desire to create academically high quality schools, where students did not have to check their identity at the door.
Access Denied
Great Schools
I started Great School Choices—which works kind of on both sides of the issue. We will help communities develop and continuously improve schools and ALSO support underserved families directly in getting access to better schools, full services and fair treatment
My Actions:
