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Ciara and Russell Wilson donated more than $35,000 to Denny International Middle School. The couple partnered with the NFL, Goalsetter, and their Why Not You Foundation to bring awareness to Financial Literacy Month. “Financial literacy and building wealth is so important,” Wilson said. “Ciara and I really wanted to talk …

When February rolled around last year, Ebele Azikiwe was in sixth grade, and it was time to study Black culture. Rosa Parks, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and a debate on slavery were all on the curriculum at the time. She said it was the same as the year …

A new graphic novel, “Run: Book One,” about Congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis will debut on August 3. The book describes Lewis’s life after the Voting Rights Act was signed in 1965. “Lewis recounts the highs and lows of a movement fighting to harness their hard-won legal protections …

The family of the late “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek donated a portion of his wardrobe to The Doe Fund. The Doe Fund is a non-profit organization that provides paid transitional work, housing, educational opportunities, counseling, and career training to people with histories of homelessness, incarceration, and substance abuse. “During his …

Education has evolved in terms of what is expected of students as well the curriculum. Think about how education was when you were in school, in terms of multiplying, adding, subtracting, and dividing. Math in itself is forever changing in a way for students to grasp a better understanding. But, …

During his Social Works summit Friday on Chicago’s southside, Chance the Rapper announced that 20 local public schools will receive a $100,000 grant from the total $2.2 million raised for his New Chance Fund. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The donations were raised for arts education over a span of six months. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In addition to …