Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Derek Dixon has extensive experience in education, mentorship, and journalism. As the owner of Allied Overcomers since 2005, Derek provides small business mentorship and resources for aspiring home-based entrepreneurs. Concurrently, a long-term substitute teacher with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District since 1989, Derek has administered Language Arts and higher-level mathematics lessons to secondary students. Additionally, as a news correspondent for The Real Deal Press since 2014, Derek highlights the accomplishments of individuals from Cleveland's urban centers. Previous roles include teaching English and math at Yeshiva Derech Hatorah for a brief period and serving as an instructor/librarian at the National College of Business & Technology, where Derek focused on research services and information retrieval. Derek holds a Master of Science in Library Research from Kent State University and a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature with a pan-African emphasis from Oberlin College.
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Cleveland Metropolitan School District
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The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) is a public, urban school district in Cleveland, Ohio. In 2012, Cleveland voters passed The Cleveland Plan, one of the most aggressive education reform initiatives in the nation. Motivated by The Plan, each other, and our scholars, CMSD envisions excellent schools in every neighborhood, where students will be challenged with a rigorous curriculum, while utilizing the highest quality professional educators, administrators and support staff available.