education

Dallas ISD Spanish Teacher a Contender for $1M Global Teacher Prize

by | Jan 25, 2018
The award is given annually to an educator who has made an incredible impact on their profession.
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The Altruists
Movers + Shakers:
North Texas Social Innovators You Should Know
by | Jan 22, 2018
Dallas-Fort Worth is home to dozens of creatives who are changing the face of urban planning, social, and educational innovation.
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high school
UNT Receives $1.6M Grant for High School Career Connect
by | Nov 21, 2017
The grant funds the first three years of the program and provides students with career development resources.U
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ExploreLearning
ExploreLearning Boosts STEM Education Power With IS3D Buy
by | Nov 16, 2017
Charlottesville, VA-based ExploreLearning is a business unit of Cambium Learning Group, which is headquartered in Dallas.
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MakerTruck

SMU MakerTruck Ready to Show Off its Hands-On Learning Tools

by | Oct 20, 2017
The truck is designed as help teachers learn about how to inject the hands-on learning tools at the heart of the maker movement into their classrooms
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Justin Nygren
Life After The Grove: Justin Nygren Helps Start Youth Entrepreneurship Program
by | Oct 3, 2017
The Grove, Dallas co-founder is building the pilot business program for students at Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School.
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Denton ISD’s vocational welding program, which is called Denton ATC (Advanced Technology Complex) Welding [Courtesy Denton ISD]
North Texas Schools Move Toward ‘Districts of Innovation’
by | Sep 1, 2017
A recent change in state education code allows administrators to hire non-credentialed, skilled workers to teach students from a hands-on perspective.
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edtech startup
Dallas EdTech Startup Finds Partnerships are Key for Growth
by | Aug 30, 2017
There has been an evolution in Tech EdVenture's business from consumer-based model to a more B2B focus.
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reading

Fort Worth’s Reading with Barbers Creates a Space for Learning in Ordinary Places

by | Aug 14, 2017
Nine barbershops in areas with underperforming schools will provide patrons with a bookshelf of choices.
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intiative
Dallas ISD, Big Thought Partner on Social, Emotional Learning
by | Jul 25, 2017
Social and Emotional Learning includes knowing and controlling your emotions, making positive choices, understanding and collaborating with others, and demonstrating resiliency.
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The Hive makerspace
Schools Turn to Makerspaces to Build Better Thinkers, By Design
by | May 24, 2017
Alcuin School's The Hive — funded in part by Bottle Rocket's Calvin Carter — and other makerspaces, are bringing the startup ethos to Dallas area schools. Alcuin is also boosting social entrepreneurship with $1 million from the J.C. Saada Family Foundation.
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BarnRaise
Capital One BarnRaise: Creating Solutions For Population Growth
by | May 23, 2017
During the recent maker conference, companies paired with nonprofits to focus on different challenges that come along with the area’s escalating population.
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Festival of Ideas Tackles Equity, Entrepreneurship in Dallas

by | May 1, 2017
The Dallas Festival of Ideas celebrates ideas that are designed to "ignite, unite, and energize the people of Dallas to help build the city of the future."
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NASA
NASA, TI Partner to Launch Virtual Scavenger Hunt
by | Apr 26, 2017
Challenges in the course showcase problems that NASA employees use in their jobs daily.
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Dallas Afterschool
Dallas Afterschool Steps into
Next Decade With Eye on Access
by | Apr 17, 2017
Dallas Afterschool CEO Christina Hanger talks about recent SMU research, how the agency has evolved over its 10-year history, and what new initiatives are in the works.
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