Kids Get Schooled and a Visit from Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj and MTV host Sway Calloway visited a Chicago school yesterday on behalf of the education network and advocacy group Get Schooled Foundation and its six-week-long program Get MotivatED, which encouraged increased school attendance. Twenty-five schools competed in the initiative, but Collins Academy came out the winner with a seven percent improvement. During the course of the six weeks, the initiative also engaged with students through technology, pop culture, and media challenges that reinforced the importance of going to school.