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Coppell’s intelliVOL Works to Ease College Admission Process
by Amy Wolff Sorter | Jul 17, 2017
Through its proprietary product, x2VOL, high school guidance counselors and students can track community service hours.
by Heather Noel |
Jul 17, 2017
The official two-year pilot of the West Dallas Middle-Skills Pathways Initiative, backed partially by a $375,000 service agreement from the city of Dallas, will begin Wednesday with 14 participants.
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by Mallory Houser |
Jul 14, 2017
Candice Salyers is one of 250 recipients of AAUW fellowships and grants worldwide for the 2017-2018 academic year.
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by Mallory Houser |
Jul 13, 2017
From school teachers to large company executives, Tech Titans has nominated leading candidates who are shaping the tech industry.
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UTD Researchers Discover
Lower-Cost Battery Design
by Mallory Houser | Jul 12, 2017
UTD's design replaces a majority of the lithium atoms with sodium and implements manganese instead of cobalt and nickel.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 11, 2017
The workshop was made possible by a $75,000 grant from the National Science Foundation and $25,000 from the University of Texas at Arlington.
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by Chloe Bennett |
Jul 11, 2017
The Pease Freedom School is part of a national program working to engage young people of color to instill confidence and close the achievement gap.
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by Chloe Bennett |
Jul 10, 2017
The Raising Texas Teachers program will dole out $50 million in scholarship funds and training over the next decade to increase numbers of qualified teachers.
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The Brewer Foundation founded The Future Leaders Program in 2001 and works with 21 DISD partner schools, serving hundreds of students from ages 10 to 18. Photo Courtesy Brewer Foundation
DISD, Brewer Foundation Renew
‘Future Leaders’ Partnership
by Renee Yan | Jul 7, 2017
The public-private partnership is the only one of its kind in the state bringing together staff from DISD and area private schools including St. Mark’s School of Texas, The Hockaday School, Episcopal School of Dallas, and Greenhill School.
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by Mallory Houser |
Jul 7, 2017
In the aftermath of the horrific event, Ipinowula “Ipi” Adedokun created World Apparel Co. to sell fashionable clothing and donate a portion of its profits to help children in need.
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by Mallory Houser |
Jul 6, 2017
The Plano Mayor's Summer Internship Program is piloting a new paid externship program for teachers to work alongside student interns at top Plano companies.
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by Mallory Houser |
Jul 6, 2017
At the end of the four-week camp, students will perform their own recorded music live at For Oak Cliff's back-to-school festival on Aug. 12.
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Children’s Health to Provide Virtual Mental Health Counseling in Area Schools
by Mallory Houser | Jun 29, 2017
The pilot program beginning this fall will deliver telemedicine therapy visits to students in select Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD schools.
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by Amy Wolff Sorter |
Jun 29, 2017
Greenway Innovative Energy funded the $750,000 cost of the lab to help turn the conversion process into a reality.
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by Heather Noel |
Jun 27, 2017
Jakayla Dixon's Feel the Color produces clothing tags that can aid people with visual impairments in picking out clothes. CHAAO, another student-run company crafts jewelry from recycled materials.
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by Chloe Bennett |
Jun 26, 2017
UNT Health Science Center's Human Movement Performance Laboratory is using state of the art motion picture equipment and virtual reality to record and analyze the movement of people with mobility problems such as Parkinson's disease.
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