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Sekou Biddle has over 14 years of experience in urban public education and education reform. He currently is an Executive Director for Jumpstart for Young Children, which partners trained adults in year long relationships with preschool aged children to prepare them for success in school and was elected to Board of Education in the Spring of 2007. He previously served as the Director of Community Outreach for KIPP DC which operates three middle schools in the District of Columbia. Prior to this he trained, and supported first and second year teachers as a program director with Teach for America, the national teacher corps. Sekou has also been a classroom teacher in New York City, Atlanta, and Washington, DC. While in the Atlanta Public School System, he provided science professional development for elementary school teachers through the Elementary Science Education Partnership (ESEP) sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Sekou is a DC native and a graduate of DC Public Schools. He attended Stevens and Eaton E.S., Alice Deal J.H.S., and Woodrow Wilson S.H.S. Sekou has a B.A. in Business from Morehouse College and a Master’s in Early Childhood Education from Georgia State University with a focus on urban education. He also completed advanced studies in education policy at Georgia State University. Sekou and his wife Cara, a pediatrician at Children’s National Medical Center, live in the Shepherd Park community with their two sons. He was the chair of the Shepherd E.S. Local School Restructuring Team for school year 2006-2007 and is co-editor of the Shepherd Park Citizens Association newsletter. |
