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    <div class="html-content"><br>Sedrick Smith (cohort 18) has recenlty published an Op-Ed titled "Baltimore City College students 'crushed it'" in the Baltimore Sun. In the Op-Ed, Sedrick provides examples of how students in Baltimore are 'crushing' the perception of public schools around the country.<br><br>Sedrick is chair of the social studies department and a varsity girls soccer and lacrosse coach at Baltimore City College and an affiliate faculty member of literarcy education at Loyola University of Maryland.<br><br>Congrats, Sedrick.<br><br>Read the Op-ed here: <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-city-crushed-it-20170417-story.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-city-crushed-it-20170417-story.html</a><br></div>
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<Summary>Sedrick Smith (cohort 18) has recenlty published an Op-Ed titled "Baltimore City College students 'crushed it'" in the Baltimore Sun. In the Op-Ed, Sedrick provides examples of how students in...</Summary>
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