"Justice is what love looks like in public."
–Cornel West
Matt Hickson is a former Durham Public Schools Beginning Teacher of the Year at Neal Middle School and a Durham Principal’s Leadership Academy Fellow. He is also founder of Bull City Schools United, a project aimed at equipping teachers and students to create safer schools for LGBT students. He has also been a longtime supporter and advocate for Student U Durham, a college access non-profit that partners with Durham Public Schools. He has been a member of Student U's Board of Directors since August of 2017.
Principal Resident
Hillside High School
3727 Fayetteville St, Durham, NC 27707
(919) 560-3925
[email protected] | linkedin.com/in/matthickson/
Hillside High School
3727 Fayetteville St, Durham, NC 27707
(919) 560-3925
[email protected] | linkedin.com/in/matthickson/
Vision and Experience
Vision Statement
Unleashing Powerful Voices: a vision for justice in education. |
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Durham Principal Leadership Academy (DPLA)
at NC State University
Matthew Hickson is a DPLA Fellow.
The Durham Principal Leadership Academy (DPLA) is the latest iteration of the Northeast Leadership Academy (NELA). DPLA is part of the larger work of increasing student achievement by preparing principals in high-poverty, hard-to-staff, and historically low-performing schools.
The Durham Principal Leadership Academy (DPLA) is the latest iteration of the Northeast Leadership Academy (NELA). DPLA is part of the larger work of increasing student achievement by preparing principals in high-poverty, hard-to-staff, and historically low-performing schools.
For more information about DPLA, please visit go.ncsu.edu/dpla
