LGBTQ Youth in Military Communities Need Our Support. Here's Why.

LGBTQ Youth in Military Communities Need Our Support. Here’s Why.

There are educational resources allocated to supporting LGBTQ young people, and there are education programs designed to support young people growing up in

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José Guzmán Was Accepted Into College But He's Ready to Start His Electrical Career Now

José Guzmán Was Accepted Into College But He’s Ready to Start His Electrical Career Now

Richards Career Academy senior José Guzmán knows how to hustle. He learned his confident, easy way with people by selling candy on Pulaski Avenue, a bustli

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Apprentice Plumber and High School Senior Leonard Ferguson Isn't Afraid to Tackle the Dirty Jobs

Apprentice Plumber and High School Senior Leonard Ferguson Isn’t Afraid to Tackle the Dirty Jobs

As an eighth-grader, Leonard Ferguson signed up for the plumbing concentration at Baltimore County’s Western School of Technology and Environmental Science

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Why You Shouldn't Choose a College Just Based on Rankings

Why You Shouldn’t Choose a College Just Based on Rankings

As high school comes to an end, seniors who believe higher education is the next step get their ducks in a row. They get their achievements, awards, extrac

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Black Leaders, We Need You to Break Your Silence of Complicity and Protect the Educational Choice of Black Parents for Their Children

Black Leaders, We Need You to Break Your Silence of Complicity and Protect the Educational Choice of Black Parents for Their Children

This is the moment in time when Black leaders must decide how committed they are—or are not—to the education of Black and Brown children. This week, ground

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Democrats Won't Dictate Where My Black Children Go to School

Democrats Won’t Dictate Where My Black Children Go to School

“What you not gone do…”—An African American proverb Last week, Democrats for Education Reform released polling data that show what Black parents of schoo

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They’re Trying to Ban Charter Schools in California. Here’s Why That Matters.

About two years ago this time I had to write an explainer piece when the NAACP pushed for a moratorium on public charter schools. The reason? “While there

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1% of Nurses Are Hispanic Men, High School Senior Salvador Torres Wants to Change That

According to Minority Nurse magazine, less than 1% of nurses are Hispanic men. Salvador Torres, an 18-year-old senior at Richards Career Academy, hopes to

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Here’s One Thing You Can Do Right Now to Defend the Rights of Black Families in California

Here’s One Thing You Can Do Right Now to Defend the Rights of Black Families in California

I don’t know about you, but I can’t just sit by and watch. It’s time for action. The latest battleground in the national war on charter schools is Californ

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