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Paid to Innovate, 21 Neighborhood Schools Eye New Goals
Foster Elementary in Midway Hollow, Pershing Elementary in Preston Hollow, and 19 additional schools have received $50,000 in seed money to pursue innovation with an aim at increasing interest in the neighborhoods they serve.
Tornado
Laura Bush Foundation Awards $500K for Dallas ISD Libraries
Preston Hollow's favorite former librarian has stepped up to the plate to help replenish the libraries of three Dallas ISD schools that were hit by an EF3 tornado last year.
Coronavirus
TEA Relaxes – Slightly – Rules on COVID Closures
If you've wondered if your district might opt to close altogether after Thanksgiving break because of the increasing COVID-19 infection rate, the state agency that has oversight of public education is not exactly leaping up to let that happen.
Coronavirus
State Faces Growing Demand to Cancel STAAR Again
Almost 70 state representatives have signed a letter directed at Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath, requesting either a cancellation of the STAAR test this year, or at least a promise to use it only diagnostically, and not for accountability ratings.
Dallas ISD Names New Leadership Hires
Dallas ISD has looked from within and without for its three most recent leadership moves, it announced Nov. 13.
Happenings on the Hill
Dallas Academy and SMU enjoy what academy leaders call as “win-win” arrangement.
Coronavirus
HPISD Trustees Talk COVID Protocols, Facilities
COVID-19 safety protocols were again a hot topic at a Highland Park ISD school board meeting this week.
Events
SMU Hosts Virtual Discussion with Angela Davis
SMU's Office of Social Change and Intercultural Engagement and SMU Human Rights have a heavy-hitter lined up to speak about racial and social justice - Dr. Angela Davis.
Student Achievements: Three to Celebrate
Boy Scouts with the St. Luke’s Episcopal Church-chartered Troop 577, tackled a project to help solitary bees. St. Mark’s School of Texas junior Spencer Burke (left) led the effort.
Greenhill Teens Launch Students for Happiness
Greenhill School student Kelly Meng first founded Happiness Club with her friends to help classmates destress around tests and exams, but the pandemic exposed a need for something more.
Student Achievements: Three to Celebrate
Want to spend 100-degree weather outside building a structure? A group of boys led by Boy Scout Nicholas Meadows of Highland Parks Troop 82 did just that.
Hyer Elementary’s New Facilities Come With Nods To Tradition
While Hyer Elementary Huskies returned to a newly-rebuilt building in September, some traditions, like parents and children eating together in Balto’s Courtyard, remain.
Election
Too Young To Vote, But Not Too Young to Help Others Cast Ballots
Evelyn Altschuler and Mira Aravamuthan are too young to vote in this election, but it's not keeping them from the polls.
Election
Need More Information on the Dallas ISD Bond?
For many Dallas voters, a $3.7 billion bond package is also at the end of your November ballot.
Coronavirus
Dallas ISD, TEA Launch Dashboards To Track COVID-19 Cases
Regardless of whether Dallas ISD parents chose to keep children at home, learning virtually, or felt confident in sending them to school, they were nearly universal in asking for some easy way to track how many cases the district had.
Election
Community Hubs Small But Impactful Part of Dallas ISD Bond
One small portion of the Dallas ISD bond package on the November ballot may have some of the biggest impact.
Election
Thoughts From a First-Time Voter
Let’s be honest- 2020 has proved itself to be a very unconventional year. The unprecedented effects of COVID-19 have resulted in unideal lifestyle changes for many Americans, and to many citizens, this year’s voting situation seems unideal as well.
Voices
We Should Mentor Younger Students
I have completed around 2,000 days of in-person classroom learning and 71 days of COVID-19-induced virtual learning. It’s clear that my virtual learning experience is far from over.
Coronavirus
Texas Schools: Teachers Must Come Back
Texas schools tell teachers with medical risks they must return to classrooms during the pandemic.