He has received numerous awards for his work including the NOBLE Justice by Action Youth Award, the Key to the City of Miami, Florida, and the National Motivational Educator of the Year Award by the Alpha Foundation. Jackson is a Life Member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. He has keynoted and conducted workshops at national conferences including ASCD, ESEA, CAAASA, NABSE, SREB, Innovative Schools Summit, AMLE, and AASA. He teaches solutions while remaining deeply rooted in his commitment to serve his community as a speaker and mentor. After being cut from the NFL, he was broken himself and understands the importance of educators and administrators being sensitive to students who have experienced trauma and let downs. Jackson attended Western Kentucky University where he received his BS Degree in Industrial Technology while lettering four years in both Football and Track. His other books include, “Black Men Stand Up”, “A Boys Guide to Manhood”, “A Young Woman’s Guide to Womanhood”, “Put a Stop to Bullying” and “Solutions to Educating Black and Latino Males.” His “No More Excuses” Curriculum has been featured in publications nationally and is being utilized in K-12 Schools, Colleges and Universities in the US and Canada. His latest ASCD book, “Becoming the Educator They Need: Strategies, Mindsets, and Beliefs for Supporting Male Black and Latino Students” won the Gold Excel Award for Technical Writing in 2020. Jackson has written and published six books and has written articles for ASCD EL Leadership Magazine.
His goal is to teach educators and administrators how to use their power more effectively to educate, activate and motivate all students to be successes. He has delivered hundreds of presentations and has become an expert in teaching cultural diversity, restorative practices, socio emotional learning, trauma informed care, and the education of Black and Latino males. Jackson has become one of the most sought-after speakers in the country, delivering keynote addresses and workshops to educators, administrators, parents and students, corporate events and churches.
Those same students went from low performing to successful Pastors, Lawyers, School Administrators, Teachers, Pharmaceutical Sales Reps, Business Owners, Pro Athletes, Entertainers and more. He set high expectations for his students and expected them to do well. As an educator, he didn’t allow his students to feel sorry for themselves or let their circumstances define their futures. Jackson began his teaching career 26 years ago in Indianapolis Public Schools with a No More Excuses teaching approach with all of his students after being cut from the NFL Minnesota Vikings in 1995.