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Don’t Worry About college Until High School

Your child will probably get into college even if they haven’t become the best violin player in your time zone by second grade. Parents may try to convince you otherwise, but only because someone already convinced them. Childhood and adolescence are times … Continue reading

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HBCU Change

The country’s Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) face financial challenges, but a new app simplifies the process of supporting them. HBCU Change allows you to link credit and debt cards to the platform. With each purchase, the app rounds … Continue reading

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Back to Basics

Once a problem is solved, it lays the groundwork for bigger and better problems to be solved. – Nailah Ellis Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others … Continue reading

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How Educators Can Better Help Students

 I would recommend that every teacher and administrator think every day: How did I connect today? How did I reach out to a student that hasn’t spoken on my Zoom class in a week? I’ve got a class of 20 students, and … Continue reading

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Legalizing Marijuana

“Legalizing marijuana would be at the top of my list. This is not just about wanting to get high and not get arrested. We know that Black and Hispanic people are targeted more for drug arrests. I would remove marijuana … Continue reading

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