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student achievement

21-Year-Old Kegan Martindale-Hernandez Taking the Skies by Storm Bagged a Graduate Degree in Space Operation

At just 21 years old, Kegan Martindale-Hernandez is making history and breaking barriers as an African American pilot. His journey from a young aviation enthusiast to a licensed pilot is a story of...

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...

Independence Has Always Been a Day Late and a Dollar Short for Black People, But Schools Can Change That

Ed Note: This post was originally published in 2023. What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? Frederick Douglass On June 19, 1865, two years after Lincoln signed the Emancipation...