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A chess program helped this 8-year-old raise $240,000 and get his family out of a homeless shelter – here's what to look for in a chess program for your child

  • Written by Alexey W. Root, Lecturer in Education, University of Texas at Dallas
A chess program helped this 8-year-old raise $240,000 and get his family out of a homeless shelter – here's what to look for in a chess program for your childThird-grader Tanitoluwa Adewumi was crowned as a New York State Scholastic chess champion on March 10.GoFundMe

Before he won the primary (K-3) championship section of the New York State Scholastic Championships earlier this month, 8-year-old Tanitoluwa Adewumi was living in a New York City homeless shelter with his family, who came to the United...

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