Ted Qualli, the 66-year-old janitor at Newtown Elementary School, knows the names of every one of the school’s 850 students. Of course he is the first person to arrive in the morning and the last person to leave at night. But he does much more than cleaning classrooms. He wearsContinue Reading
“It was a struggle. It was rough,” Elijah says of his time growing up in Compton, where only a little over half of students graduate high school. He remembers a defining moment when he was little: “It was kind of late at night, my mom ran into my room, andContinue Reading
The Research Triangle Park (RTP) located in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area of North Carolina is home to number of tech companies and a growing cybersecurity community. This location closed out the October cybersecurity awareness month with a bang! Two conferences back to back with a goal to educate the community. First, BSides RDU wasContinue Reading
Franklin County in a remote corner of Mississippi has two stoplights, one elementary school, and long ago lost its only train stop. Could kids learn chess here? Would they even want to? Dr. Jeff Bulington took on the challenge, accepted a contract from an anonymous benefactor, left his home cityContinue Reading
At this new charter school the students play seasonal sports (as well as weight training, cardio, yoga and core strengthening) for the first three hours each day! The goal of this very unique high school is to use sports as an academic-engagement tool to drag the highest of the high-riskContinue Reading
With College tuition going up every year, any kind of financial support is greatly appreciated. Ball State University offers one Freshman every year a chance to win free tuition for their first year…The only catch is that they have to make a near-impossible half-court basketball shot! The University has beenContinue Reading
Lloyd Chen, 17, the valedictorian at Laguna Creek High School and recipient of a full ride to Harvard has overcome enormous obstacles to get to where he is today. His family immigrated from South Korea to California when he was young. Lloyd’s father was never in the picture, and hisContinue Reading
It’s called the “Little Free Library” and the idea has spread rapidly over the last few years. These are little boxes shaped like small houses that contain books that anyone can use. How does it work? Anyone can walk up to these libraries and look through the books. If youContinue Reading
Famous actor and director, Tyler Perry, surprised Finland Middle School students when he showed up to a musical concert and announced that he would donate $100,000 to their student athletes. Tyler Perry was drawn to the school because their athletics programs were eliminated when they could not pay their fees. Continue Reading
Dorian Joyner Jr. was set to graduate from Morehouse College in Georgia on May 19th. What made this day even more special was that he would be walking next to his father Dorian Joyner Sr. who was also set to graduate from Morehouse College. in 1988 Dorian Sr was a studentContinue Reading