The next transcendent women’s track star is training for her time to dominate the sport. Before her time, however, 7-year-old Dakota White is focused on being a child, while intently focusing on her craft. Sonja Franklin-Johnson, White’s sprint coach described the young superwoman as a competitive phenom, but makes sure
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Tackle Tomorrow provides reading coaches that bring many years of experience in public education and specialized expertise in reading instruction. Each school’s reading coach facilitates and implements program goals and objectives in
by Maya Pottiger Originally appeared in Word in Black Between summer camp,
Hundreds of students walked out of Dallas’ Justin F. Kimball High School
By Maya Pottiger Word in Black For the last 18 years, Youth Empowerment Solutions, or YES, has enabled kids in Michigan to make a difference in their community. The program, run out of
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By Maya Pottiger As with the start of every school year, teachers put out requests for help with classroom supplies, through Amazon lists, DonorsChoose projects, and other avenues. Books have been among
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While awareness has grown around colorism and texturism, a deeper discussion should be had about their impact on Black kids' ability to learn while maintaining their culture.
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The next transcendent women’s track star is training for her time to dominate the sport. Before her time, however, 7-year-old Dakota White is focused on being a child, while intently focusing on
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By Dr. Giani Clarkson I love urban education. It means the world to me. I love the challenges, the ups and downs, the rewards. Nothing warms my heart more than to
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By Sean Reed It is worth commending local policymakers’ current efforts to solve our City’s digital divide, as there are still 120,000 Dallas residents that are without a broadband subscription at
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by Maya Pottiger Originally appeared in Word in Black Between summer camp, family vacations, and partaking in some well-deserved rest and relaxation, reading is often not at the top of students’ list
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Hundreds of students walked out of Dallas’ Justin F. Kimball High School in late March, in protest of being served what they described as “undercooked or moldy” food. The walk-out was announced
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Johnson joined his first soccer team when he was three. In addition to soccer, he began playing flag football for the Jaguars at age five (in all positions), which led to an
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Tackle Tomorrow provides reading coaches that bring many years of experience in public education and specialized expertise in reading instruction. Each school’s reading coach facilitates and implements program goals and objectives in
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