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Teacher extern Michael Alves [Photo: Chase Mardis]
Plano ISD Teachers Become Externs for Local Companies
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.
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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by Amy Wolff Sorter |
Jul 5, 2017
The free, 90-day “transformation program” is providing assistance to returning citizens from jail or prison or recovering addicts by training them how to be entrepreneurs.
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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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Jakayla Dixon, a student in the Academy of Business Management & Entrepreneurship housed at Eaton High School, discusses her Feel the Color company at an interview. [Image via Northwest ISD]
Eaton HS Student Startups Win National Awards
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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by Mallory Houser |
Jun 26, 2017
This summer, Dallas ISD teachers are going to school — learning ways to increase student interest in STEM subjects.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 23, 2017
The report looked at employment data on computer programmers and software developers in metro areas across the U.S.
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Mensa Foundation Honors Teen Creator of Anti-Bullying App
by Mallory Houser | Jun 19, 2017
The Arlington-based nonprofit is awarding Natalie Hampton with the Copper Black Award, an achievement recognizing an invention or innovation that is implemented and helps people other than the nominee.
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by Dave Montgomery |
Jun 19, 2017
Known as ELEVATE, the leadership academy, which began Monday, is being organized by RISE Clothing entrepreneurs Terrence and Tim Maiden, who plan to share some of the hard-won lessons they learned in building a successful apparel business.
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by Mallory Houser |
Jun 16, 2017
The rideshare company will give one percent of all rides to and from Paul Quinn's campus to the college's Work Program.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 14, 2017
The Silicon Valley-based company plans to open eight more DFW locations in the next two years.
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The Common Ground Experiment grew out of a partnership formed between Wesley Prep fourth grade students and their friends at the Austin Street Center. [Photo: Screenshot via Common Ground video]
Wesley Prep Students, Homeless Women Team to Create Poetry
by Chloe Bennett | Jun 13, 2017
What began as a school project of delivering Christmas cards and food to a transitional housing center grew into a weekly poetry workshop and a lasting bond between Wesley Prep fourth-graders and women of Austin Street Center.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 13, 2017
The team, which also includes members from the University of Texas at Dallas, will focus on bots in Twitter accounts.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 12, 2017
The schools were recognized for their transformational efforts to improve learning opportunities on their campuses.
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by Chloe Bennett |
Jun 9, 2017
The June camps will cover a range of topics from from 3D printing to environmental engineering.
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