Harriet Tubman
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I'm here as the modern day Harriet Tubman to lead people on the underground railroad away from that plantation into a sense of sensibility
What if you had been born to a single mother in the Harriet Tubman projects? ... If it were not for the grace of God, that could be you.
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Harriet Tubman essay puts Ansonia eighth-grader in semifinals of New England competition
ANSONIA — Justyna Cieslik, an eighth-grader at Ansonia Middle School, enjoys writing poetry and song lyrics, but it was an essay that gained her semifinalist status in a New England competition. Justyna, 13, wrote about the life of Harriet Tubman, from New Haven Register Read more »
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As district readies to restructure Jefferson cluster, critics see North Portland's Tubman as bitter lesson
With passage of last week's Portland Public Schools' budget, the district sealed the fate of two North Portland schools --Humboldt K-8 and Harriet Tubman Young Women's Leadership Academy --that officials deemed too small to support. The schools had 240 a from Oregon Live Read more »
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At Meyer awards, teachers who answered the call
This is how a student of Arnita Meekins at D.C.’s Harriet Tubman Elementary described her gift as an educator: “My teacher thought I was smarter than I was. So I was.” Meekins, who works in special education, was among this year’s 21 recipients of the Ag from The Washington Post Read more »
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Video: When hubris meets karma
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Young women's leadership academy provides high-quality education
The saying "If you build it, they will come" apparently does not apply to the Harriet Tubman Leadership Academy for Young Women in North Portland, according to the Portland Public Schools board of education. The academy is one of dozens of similarly name from Oregon Live Read more »
