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Andrea L. Thompson

Andrea L. Thompson is a Detroit schools college counselor and educator, a social entrepreneur and founder of Ladies Entrepreneur Empowerment Circle, and the mother of a student plaintiff in the Detroit right-to-literacy lawsuit Gary B. v. Whitmer. She also is a BMe Community Vanguard Fellow.

Articles

Opinion | We won a right to literacy in Detroit. Much work remains for equity.

January 23, 2021 Andrea L. Thompson in

Guest Commentary

The Michigan literacy settlement didn’t spell out any resolution for Detroit public schools. As a mother of a student plaintiff, I have some ideas.