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How To Develop Your Next Generation Employee
We believe that there are companies that would gladly support a motivational program that inspires and challenges students in their...

Brave Enough To Fail
Dec 14, 20174 min read


Sarah Tehuitoa Wins $1,000 Grand Prize in Nationwide Short Story Contest
Sarah Tehuitoa is a 21 year old English major from Pahrump Nevada, commutes weekly to classes at University of Las Vegas. She is working...

Brave Enough To Fail
Oct 1, 20172 min read


17 Yr Old Homeschooler Wins Top Youth Prize in Nationwide Short Story Contest
Isabel Adams is a 17 year old young lady from Weare, NH. who’s always had a passion for writing, photography, and singing gospel music....

Brave Enough To Fail
Sep 29, 20171 min read


Maddie Guerrera Gets The Bronze In Nationwide Short Story Contest
Madison “Maddie” Guerrera is a freshman at Faith Preparatory School in New Milford, CT. She enjoys writing, musical theater, 1930’s...

Brave Enough To Fail
Sep 26, 20171 min read


David Moore Takes 2nd Nationwide in Short Story Contest
David Moore of St. Charles Missouri is a darn good writer! Let’s get that right up front! In fact, David Moore is such a good writer that...

Brave Enough To Fail
Sep 25, 20173 min read


Molly Anne Brewer Nabs 3rd in Nationwide Writing Contest
Molly Anne Brewer of Indiana is a new author who enjoys penning stories with fantastical and sometimes macabre twists. She grew up in a...

Brave Enough To Fail
Sep 22, 20171 min read


Chris Cassone Takes 4th place in Brave Enough To Write Short Story Contest
Chris Cassone of Patterson New York is a writer of songs, stories, fiction and screenplays. His Beatles fan fiction, ode to the sun and...

Brave Enough To Fail
Sep 21, 20172 min read


An Inspirational Approach to the Achievement Gap
Closing the education achievement gap is tough. New results from the nation’s most widely used college admission test highlight in...

Brave Enough To Fail
Sep 11, 20173 min read


Poor, Black, & Unreachable At 14
By Wayne Winsley Founder & Executive Director of Brave Enough To Fail Inc. At age 14, I was living in an orphanage in Cleveland Ohio, had...

Brave Enough To Fail
Aug 25, 20173 min read


BETF Person Of Courage Tarick Walton
“Do not let the world dampen your dreams.” Those words are the motto of a poor Jamaican boy who grew up with a dream of public service....

Brave Enough To Fail
Jul 17, 20171 min read


White Students 57 Hispanic Students 26
Another year, another big achievement gap in our state. The Connecticut Mirror reports that for Connecticut – where one of every...

Brave Enough To Fail
May 22, 20172 min read


Increase Student Engagement & Decrease Student Suspensions
“WHEN TEACHERS DON’T know what to do with unruly students, they sometimes look to the easiest solution they have at hand,” Jason...

Brave Enough To Fail
May 5, 20172 min read


#Inspiring Kids to Achieve Their Dreams
Over 400 students at Bartlett Senior & Junior High School in Webster Massachusetts received a powerful message of courage, determination,...

Brave Enough To Fail
Apr 27, 20171 min read


John House, a BETF Person of Courage
Pintrical.com (Don’t miss the exclusive video below) John House grew up with 6 brothers and sisters in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of...

Brave Enough To Fail
Feb 1, 20174 min read


Education Gap and Funding Crisis in CT
As detailed in the November 14th article by Kevin Schultz of The Hour “In Norwalk, faith leaders call for school funding fix” the state...

Brave Enough To Fail
Jan 8, 20172 min read


BETF Person of Courage: Lisa Lynn
Lisa Lynn used belief and desire to overcome her personal struggle to become healthy and fit. Overcoming that adversity led to a thriving...

Brave Enough To Fail
Dec 31, 20162 min read


Give A Child A Brighter Future This Christmas
This Christmas season, you can give a gift that will keep on giving for years to come. Your donation can help spark a student with the...

Brave Enough To Fail
Dec 21, 20152 min read
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