Rutgers University–Newark and NJPAC Unveil Groundbreaking Teaching Artist Certificate Program

Lynnette Mawhinney Speaks with Cicely Lewis, Christopher Stewart, Shamika J. Simpson, Ahmed Ismail Yusuf, and Holly Y. McGee

ABC’s mockumentary “Abbott Elementary” follows a group of dedicated teachers who work at a Philadelphia school. The show takes a comedic approach toward issues in inner city schools. Here, Lynnette Mawhinney, a former Philadelphia schoolteacher who is now an associate professor of Urban Education at Rutgers University - Newark, weighs in on whether the show accurately portrays the realities of educators in today’s schools.