The title of this post is inspired by the slogan of the brand new charter school opened by former NBA star Jalen Rose. You may know him primarily from his time at the University of Michigan with the famous "Fab 5" and his fierce competitive spirit that followed in the NBA but he know is making treads in the academic arena. This charter school is hoped to be a beacon of light in an impoverished community to which he is all too familiar with. The Jalen Rose Leadership Academy is located in Detroit, MI in an area of town where inner city youth do not typically have access a quality education. Jalen Rose also grew up in Detroit, MI and because of his talent he made a way for him to get out of a bad situation and go to college so that he could get an education. This was not the case for many of the other youth he grew up with. I saw Jalen Rose on CNN this morning talking about the school and I thought I would share how his is trying to improve the area he grew up in. I am not sure if I eventually want to go the route of opening a charter school but you never know. This was just something that inspired me this morning so I thought I would share.
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