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UTD’s Launchpad: Revving Startups Outside the Classroom
by Jeremy Vickers | May 18, 2016
University of Texas at Dallas Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship hosts the 10 week program, LaunchPad, providing students the lean startup environment to get their business concept off the ground.
by Patrick Kobler |
Apr 15, 2016
A DFW startup is helping get students the help they need to improve in school.
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by Patrick Kobler |
Mar 22, 2016
Headquartered in Plano, Nepris aims to inspire a new generation of leaders for the fields of science, technology, engineering, math, and the arts (STEAM).
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by Patrick Kobler |
Mar 22, 2016
Sabari Raja talks about where the idea for Nepris came from, how DFW helped the company grow, and what’s next for the new company.
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In the early ‘90s, Texas Instruments Foundation had a problem. Simply put, the young children in their beneficiary Head Start programs weren’t ready for school. The kids didn’t perform well in kindergarten testing and showed a distinct lack of “academic readiness.”
LEAP Into School Rekindles Program’s Success
by Tara Nieuwesteeg | Feb 25, 2016
In the early ‘90s, Texas Instruments Foundation had a problem. Simply put, the young children in their beneficiary Head Start programs weren’t ready for school. The kids didn’t perform well in kindergarten testing and showed a distinct lack of “academic readiness.”
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 23, 2016
When the question is, “What’s in a name?” the answer can be unclear if the name is Tier One.
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by Patrick Kobler |
Feb 11, 2016
The living roof project is a solution, providing McKinney Boyd’s engineering club the opportunity for a hands on approach to learning –- one that puts classroom concepts into engaged learning with the community. The project has also given the young scholars exposure to professional engineers and paved inroads to future careers in the STEM fields.
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by Melanie Ferguson |
Feb 10, 2016
Written in 1985, the essays in "Imagining Dallas" evoked images of the city’s formation and evolution, its good ol’ myths as well as possible futures for the ever-aspirational Dallas, Texas. Leaders from a variety of disciplines, including Wick Allison, James Pratt, Robert Sardello, and Dr. Gail Thomas, contributed to the thoughtful book but it is the great educator Dr. Louise Cowan’s chapter that informed my perception of Dallas with a new civic sense of education and responsibility.
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Mind Glass: Taking a Look at the Winners of Verizon’s 2015 Innovative App Challenge
by Verizon | Jan 13, 2016
A team of seventh and eighth graders from Plano took their app concept from conception to reality.
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sponsored by Verizon
by Gunnar Rawlings |
Jan 4, 2016
Teaching should not be a noble cause or a community service project. Teaching is a career.
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by Jeremy Vickers |
Dec 29, 2015
Every serious entrepreneur should think carefully about putting their ideas through the academic rigor of a university-level curriculum before hitting the pavement with their business idea.
sponsored by The University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management
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by Nakia Douglas |
Dec 22, 2015
The Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy tackles today civil rights issue: quality education for all.
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Assistant principal Courtney Egelston sits with Keiauna Chism as she uses her tablet. Photo by Imani Lytle.
New High School Follows One-Size-Fits-One Model
by Patrick Kobler | Dec 3, 2015
IDEA, which is finishing its first semester, is approaching education with a mind toward a future we can’t even imagine yet.
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