student achievement
12-Year-Old Prodigy Graduates High School, Prepares for College and Medical School!
E’leese Shelton, a remarkable 12-year-old, has achieved an extraordinary milestone by graduating high school and heading to college, setting a new benchmark for young academic achievers. E’leese...
Math
College Graduate at 12? Meet the Math Prodigy Shattering Academic Norms!
At just 12 years old, Cameron Robinson has achieved what most teenagers can only dream of—earning an Associate of Arts degree from Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ). This remarkable young...
Let's Make This Juneteenth Our Collective Independence Day
Ed Note: This post was originally published in 2020. As I look at the world right now, I see a lot of belief statements and acknowledgment of past hurts—a reckoning to finally accept that we have...
This Juneteenth I’m Challenging Educators to Emancipate Themselves From a Colonized Curriculum
Ed Note: This post was originally published in 2020. When Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, this marked the end of slavery in the United States … that is what a lot of people...
Math
Empowering Students: Math and Coding to Beat the Summer Learning Slide
Summer is a critical time for students, especially Black students, who are disproportionately affected by the much talked about summer learning slide. There's some uncertainty about how serious a...
EdTech
Bans or Boundaries? The Ongoing Battle Over Cell Phone Use in Schools
During my senior year of high school, I learned I was accepted into Purdue University as an education major, and my family began helping me prepare to move away from home. This resulted in an...