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An ace opportunity! Brooklyn teenagers serve as ball kids at U.S. Open

Ball kids with big dreams step into center court for U.S. Open.

Sep. 6, 2024 By Jada Camille Young tennis players from Brooklyn stepped into the spotlight at the U.S. Open this month, serving as ball kids for one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world. The talented youths spent weeks preparing for the contest, training to be the most attentive, fittest, and quickest ball…

Uncommon Schools training college students to become Brooklyn teachers

Aug. 4, 2023 Sponsored post by Uncommon Schools

More than a decade before he became principal of a high-performing middle school in Brooklyn, Quinterrence Bell was a fresh-faced college student who just completed his junior year at Morehouse College and found himself in front of a classroom for the first time.