Mr. Sadiq Ali

Sadiq Ali - History , ALI0S001@hartfordschools.org

Mr. Ali is been teaching for the Hartford Public School for 28 years.He is the founder of The Benjamin E. Mays Institute, an all-male academy of Lewis Fox Middle School.He also coached basketball, softball, volleyball and track for 15 years in HPS.He coached midget football and youth basketball in the town of Windsor for 10 years.Mr. Ali serves as Athletics Committee chairperson of Windsor High School's Parent Teacher Student Association.He also serves as a Vice President of Membership for the booster club and as Academic Advisor and proctor for the football team.

Mr. Ali is married to Janice Thomas-Brown and the father of William and Janta Brown.

Sadiq Ali
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Sadiq Ali History Mr. Ali is been teaching for the Hartford Public School for 28 years. He is the founder of The Benjamin E. Mays Institute, an all-male academy of Lewis Fox Middle School. He also coached basketball, softball, volleyball and track for 15 years in HPS. He coached midget football and youth basketball in the town of Windsor for 10 years. Mr. Ali serves as Athletics Committee chairperson of Windsor High School's Parent Teacher Student Association. He also serves as a Vice President of Membership for the booster club and as Academic Advisor and proctor for the football team. Mr. Ali is married to Janice Thomas-Brown and the father of William and Janta Brown.

Sadiq Ali - Athletics 688-6255

These Institutes use a curriculum centered on African-American history and themes. '"A boy, in particular a Black boy, doesn't know how to be a Black man, if he doesn't see one," says Sadiq Ali, a Mays Institute teacher and founder."The first thing is to expose them to positive men, and what a positive man should be."' In writing, 60% of Mays students met or surpassed the state goal in reading tests, vs.32% citywide.In math 47% of Mays students surpassed the goal, compared with 27% citywide.The girls at the Bethune Institute did even better."I don't just measure success by the Connecticut Mastery Test score," Ali said.

"I'm for single-gender education because our kids, both male and female, need role models," said Sadiq Ali, a Benjamin Mays institute teacher and founder.

"A boy, in particular a black boy, doesn't know how to be a black man, if he doesn't see one," Sadiq Ali, a Mays Institute teacher and founder, told the National Association for Single Sex Public Education.
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They're staying out of trouble," Ali said.

According to New Haven school officials, the $250,000 in funding would be used for a variety of additional costs, including:

,Training for teachers in dealing with the learning differences between girls and boys.