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Voices: Reinventing the K-12 Classroom in 2020

by | Sep 10, 2020
Voices writer Chirag Gupta explores innovation in Texas K-12 public school classrooms amidst the pandemic.
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Back to School: How to Weigh the Options for In-Person and Virtual Learning
by | Aug 6, 2020
When there’s no “objectively right or wrong answer,” what’s a parent to do? Dallas medical, mental health, and tech leaders discuss key back-to-school considerations.
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Impact Ventures: Meet Education PowerED, an Online Marketplace of Culturally Responsive Teaching
by | Jul 20, 2020
Education PowerED is behind a fast-growing educational movement designed to energize educators, empower students, and eradicate educational inequity.
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Dallas-Based Virtual Football Training App Receives $100K Investment From Arlan Hamilton
by | Jul 20, 2020
The funding will go to Equalizer Games' Quarterback Equalizer, a virtual training game app that uses gamification to help quarterbacks better understand their position.
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Dallas-based Istation Partners With Tackle Tomorrow To Address Students’ Learning Regression Due to ‘COVID-19 Slide’

by | Jun 30, 2020
The ongoing pandemic is expected to widen the ‘summer slide’ of children’s learning loss over summer break, but Istation hopes to decrease COVID-19’s impact on students' education through a new online reading series.
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Graduating to New Heights Together
by | Jan 16, 2020
One of UNT Dallas’ longest-serving faculty members, Dr. Ali Shaqlaih has been selected to guide the newly established Graduate School as its inaugural dean, and he’s bringing bold ideas.
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Education: Amazon’s Future Engineer Program, AECOM’s UTA Hypermobility Class, SMU’s New Cybersecurity Master’s Degree
From higher education projects (TWU, DCCCD) to K-12 initiatives (Dallas County, Trinity Christian Academy), here's your briefing on what's going on in education in North Texas.
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UNT Dallas Program Nurtures Aspiring Educators, Opens a ‘Thirdspace’ for Teachers and School Leaders
The university’s Emerging Teacher Institute is creating a space where educator superpowers are cultivated, creating positive well-being in the midst of extraordinary stress so that the best changemakers remain in the profession.
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Too Cool for School: iUniversity Prep Offers Online Primary Schooling in DFW

by | Oct 4, 2018
iUniversity Prep is a state-funded, tuition-free public school open to kids in Texas, but that doesn't mean its students are riding the bus to school. The virtual academy conducts classes 100 percent online.
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