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The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History will open a new permanent exhibition in November, and TAF will be there. Our executive director and co-founder, specifically, is being included as one of five African American women scientists and inventors being featured in Inspiring Minds: African Americans in Science & Technology. The Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit is the largest museum in the world that's dedicated to the African American experience.

It’s been seven years since our capital campaign started, and more since the notion of having a high-tech learning space devoted to STEM education for kids of color was dreamed up. We’re finally there. TAF moved into the Bethaday Community Learning Space the first week of October, and we’re settling in. It’s really cool to be within walking distance of some of our partnering schools. Check out our new home at one of our upcoming grand opening events!

We’re a few years in at TAF Academy, and we’ve learned a lot. Mostly, we’ve learned that making sure every student in a school can learn effectively is hard work. And now election season is upon us, and TAF Academy has been highlighted as a model of another type of school. It’s not a charter school—it’s a partnership school, co-managed by TAF and the school district. But maybe what we’ve learned can help voters out as they think about whether charters should come to Washington State, and what it’ll take to make them successful if they do.

Read The Seattle Times’s front-page article feat TAF Academy