Imunique Triplett, 17 years old, chose to take another step into the professional world as she entered her final semester of high school, earning a nursing degree before graduation! The Milwaukee adolescent is one of the first to complete the M-Cubed College Connections program, where she got her nursing degree in December, according to the Atlanta Black Star. Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS), Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC), and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM) have collaborated on an innovative dual-enrollment program that “allows eligible students to complete their high school graduation requirements while earning college credits from both MATC and UWM…
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A heartwarming story out of Sugarland, Texas, has been making waves on social media. A pre-K student named August has a Black woman as her teacher, who not only educates her at school but also has the exact same haircut as her. At the end of January, Lakeview Elementary teacher Leigh Bishop posted a photo on her Facebook page, telling her student that she liked her hair and even warned her not to be furious when she came to school the next day with her hair like that. August reportedly rolled her eyes and waved off the comment, but she…
