When parents have to work two or even three jobs at a time to make ends meet, their schedule is stretched tight. Many times they can’t be present at morning or midday parent meetings at their...
For first-generation college students, having to overcome some adversity is often a common shared experience. Despite the challenges we have faced, being able to sit in a college lecture hall is a...
I should read more than I do. Everyone should. I think we’d be better off as a nation and a species if we all read more. Teachers have a unique role in fostering a love of reading and engendering an...
It's been nearly a 100 years since a race riot in 1921 destroyed the Black Wall Street in the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Okhlahoma. And although much time has passed, 33-year-old Nehemiah Frank...
I always thought I was super smart. Until I got to college. Even though I lived in Englewood, one of Chicago’s toughest neighborhoods, I attended accelerated programs and magnet schools from...
