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Inspiring Educators

April 20, 2018

This year, Teacher Appreciation Week runs from May 7 to 11. To celebrate, TFK asked five successful people to write about one of their most memorable and inspiring teachers. Bill Gates Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates uses his wealth to help…

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A Show of Hands

March 16, 2018

Alice Paul Tapper was on a fourth-grade field trip last year when she noticed something that bothered her. The girls were standing in the back of the room, listening politely as the guide spoke. The boys crowded together in the…

Young Game Changers

Big Dreams

February 21, 2016

In his speech at the March on Washington, in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. described his dream for the nation and the urgency of taking action. TIME for Kids wanted to know: What’s your dream? We asked young people what…

Inventions

Bullies, Beware!

December 19, 2014

Teens are creating digital tools to fight bullying. Brandon Boynton is on a mission. The 17-year-old from Pendleton, Indiana, wants to stop bullying in schools. He created an app called the BullyBox. It enables students to report bullying electronically—and anonymously.…

Young Game Changers

Homemade Fun

April 27, 2012

Caine Monroy, 9, has always loved arcades. Last summer, instead of playing someone else's games, he decided to make his own. Caine was spending his summer vacation at his dad's auto-parts store in Los Angeles, California. There were plenty of…

Books

A Book About Bullies

October 1, 2010

The Humanity Project runs anti-bullying programs in schools in Florida. The group’s founder, Bob Knotts, asked students to write a book about bullying. As a kid, Bob Knotts got picked on. “It really affected me, as a child and…

Engineering

Video: Jay Brannon, Environmental Engineer

February 20, 2010

Meet Jay Brannon, an environmental engineer, in this video from NBC News Learn. You can learn more about Brannon and environmental engineering in the March 1, 2…

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Engineering

Video: Ruwanka Purasinghe, Geotechnical Engineer

February 19, 2010

Meet Ruwanka Purasinghe, a geotechnical engineer, in this video from NBC News Learn. You can learn more about Purasinghe and geotechnical engineering in the Mar…

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Engineering

Video: Yung Koprowski, Transportation Engineer

February 19, 2010

Meet Yung Koprowski, a transportation engineer, in this video from NBC News Learn. You can learn more about Koprowski and transportation engineering in the Marc…

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