February 01, 2022
Seeds Celebrates Just a Few of the Many Achievements of African Americans Check back, we’ll add new videos all month! Can’t wait? Binge our 2021 profiles here. HENRIETTA LACKS How are the cells of a woman who died in the 1950s STILL impacting modern medicine today? The legacy of Henrietta …
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January 06, 2022
Many people use alcohol to help themselves relax. But for many others, alcohol damages large parts of their lives. A pleasant distraction for some is a devastating addiction for others. This split is what led many people to try banning alcohol entirely, a movement known as Prohibition. Indeed, for a …
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December 09, 2021
The next time you’re planning a vacation, you might decide to fly to your destination. These days, most of us take air travel for granted. But it wasn’t all that long ago that if you needed to get somewhere, your only options were train, horse, or ship. For many people, …
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November 18, 2021
UPDATE 6/14/2022: Azalia wrote to us again: “Because of Seeds of Literacy and the GED program I have secured an awesome position working for TEXAS A&M University in the Department of Residence Life working as an Administrative Coordinator making 2 times more than what I was! BLESS!!!!!! Looking forward …
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November 02, 2021
Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November… That’s the beginning of an old English poem describing one of the world’s most interesting holidays. November 5th is Guy Fawkes Day. But who was Guy Fawkes, and why are we supposed to remember him? Guy Fawkes was born in the English city of York, …
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October 25, 2021
For most Clevelanders, crossing the Cuyahoga River is something that we do all the time. But not-that-long-ago, crossing the River was a major undertaking. In fact, control over where people crossed the river was so important that, back in 1836, more than two thousand people took to the streets to …
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September 07, 2021
This year marks a sad but important milestone: the 20th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. It’s been long enough now that many have forgotten why the attacks happened or the impact they had. Many of you may have been too young to realize what was going on, and some of …
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September 01, 2021
1860 was a bad year in America. The politics were divided, and by April the following year, the country would be engaged in a violent civil war. But on August 13, in small a log cabin nestled in the Ohio frontier, a young woman was born who would capture the …
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August 11, 2021
NEW INFORMATION: 8/25/2021 If you or someone you know has completed high school but has NOT passed all 5 sections of their OGT test, time is running out! Next summer (June 30, 2022), the OGT will be discontinued, leaving students with fewer options if they wish to earn a high school diploma …
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August 03, 2021
When we announced our classrooms would reopen post-pandemic. we didn’t let up on our pandemic precautions. At this time, the physical classrooms are only available to fully-vaccinated students and tutors and masks are still required. We have additional layers of protection in place to keep everyone safe, and healthy. [The …
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