“It’s a big family when you come to the [Orange Mound] Raiders. It kept me out of trouble at school, gave me something to do as a kid instead of not doing anything, and I got to bond with other kids,” said DeAngelo Howze, a college student who participated in the sports program since he was four years old.
Test scores can indicate struggles outside of the classroom, such as transportation, bullying, housing issues and parents’ work schedules. Neighbors in Klondike Smokey City have come together to address how a strong community can support strong students.
"The proof of concept is what happens when you take an underserved population, in this case boys, and you provide them with excellent instruction in academics, but you also provide them with a significant number of adult mentors,” said Diane Terrell, executive director of the Memphis Grizzlies Foundation.
Homecoming week at Melrose School transcends an annual football game. The week of events brings together generations of folks proud to be from Orange Mound.
Students at Rhodes College can now enjoy state-of-the-art 21st century facilities for biology and chemistry research with the opening of the new $34 million, 54,674-square-foot Robertson Hall on the historic campus. A recent grand opening ceremony also included the debut of the newly renovated Briggs Hall and the Bill & Carole Troutt Quadrangle.
Housed in the lower level of the school, the center includes eight desktop computers and nine laptop computers with internet access.
The Memphis Teacher Residency provides hands-on classroom training to foster better educators and minimize Memphis' achievement gap.
"And there you have it, 51 million reasons to smile." That's the way A.J. Jones of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation summed up the funder's grant to the Battle Creek Public Schools.
Understanding how trauma hurts children is the first step in rebuilding the trust it takes to heal them.
It took about 45 years, but Maxine Smith went from not being accepted to a school based on her race to joining that school's highest governing body.
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