A friend of mine tweeted about this wonderful opportunity for students with disabilities: Scholarships for Students with Disabilities The ChairScholars Foundation provides scholarships for college or vocational training to low-income students with severe physical disabilities – allowing them the opportunity to pursue their dreams. Any motivated young person with a physical disability and a dream [...]
As I humbly reflect on 2011, all I can say is thanks! Friends and family came out of the woodwork to help me get through this breast cancer journey and now I want to give back. As of now, I am exploring two initiatives that I will keep you posted on as they develop. Being [...]
“There is a sweet spirit in this place,” Dr. Cornel West Thanks to Librarian Paul McIntosh, students at the Harlem’s Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing Arts and Frederick Douglass Academy II were treated to wise words from Princeton professor, Dr. Cornel West, who inspired and challenged the students (and staff) to think beyond their [...]
The posthumous award goes to the late George E Stanley, for whom without his literary efforts to combat racism, this Writers Against Racism series would never have started. “I still think the best approach is the one you’ve started here, Amy, which is to bring to everyone’s attention writers of color who are writing about young people of [...]
I’ve been following this heartbreaking story first seen by Todd Bishop from GeekWire. He writes about a young Pakistani girl whose extraordinary programming skills far surpassed her years. Now, she is fighting for her life. “Computer programming prodigy Arfa Karim Randhawa, a 16-year-old girl from Pakistan who seven years ago became the youngest Microsoft Certified [...]
If you are a teacher, you know about those new year resolutions. This year… I will LIVEN up my bulletin boards! I will be original! I WILL! I WILL! I WILL! Yeah. Yeah. And we never do. SO, whenever I see a winning bulletin board, I do my best to squeeze them into Bowllan’s Blog. [...]
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