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Education
6:26 pm
Mon June 17, 2013

Irving School Board President Plans To Revive Corporal Punishment

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Irving ISD school board briefing, where corporal punishment was discussed. Trustees Randy Randle, Gail Wells, and Larry Stipes (l), Steven Jones, in blue, faces the audience. On right, Valerie Jones, Norma Gonzales, Lee Mosty
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Irving’s school board appears split over the possibility of bringing corporal punishment back to the district after a five year absence.

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Education
12:06 am
Mon June 17, 2013

Graduating Students Credit School For A Second Chance At Education

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Rachel Flores beams with pride as son Richard earns diploma.
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Assistant Principal Rodney Milliner presents Richard Flores with his diploma.
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Teacher Gary Barnett says he becomes a second father to some of his students.
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Richard Flores leads graduating class in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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The Dallas Can Academy in Oakcliff graduates its biggest class.
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Family members capture graduation on video.
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Richard Flores' uncle, mother and sister proudly watch him graduate.
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More than 240 Dallas students who had quit school got their diplomas over the weekend.  In a continuation of KERA’s American Graduate project, Shelley Kofler looks at how they beat the odds.

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Education
8:00 am
Fri June 14, 2013

Meet The Class of '17: Summer School First, Then High School

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Alex Gutierrez with her parents, Rocio and Jose, and niece, Mia, on the day of her 8th grade graduation at Holy Trinity Catholic School.
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Alex getting some math lessons from tutor Lizette Hernandez, a recent high school graduate who's going to Stanford in the fall.
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Nelly, Alex's older sister colors a friend's hair while Alex and her nephew Norman check out a game on his tablet.
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  For eighth grade students heading to high school, summer’s supposed to be a fun time. But for one Mesquite girl, it’s been kind of stressful. In this installment of KERA’s series Class of ’17, we meet Alex Gutierrez who didn’t have the math grades to get into the private high school she wanted. Now, she’s going to have to get through summer school to advance to the ninth grade.

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Education
5:30 am
Thu June 13, 2013

Meet The Class Of '17: An Eighth Grader Aims High With Help From Granny

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Kelly Bowdy (right) celebrates her last day in eighth grade with her mom Gloria Mason (left) and her "granny," Louise Nealy Hodges.
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Kelly Bowdy beams on "graduation day" from 8th grade at Morningside Middle School in Fort Worth
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"Granny" Louise Nealy Hodges (right, with her daughter Gloria Mason), says of her granddaughter Kelly: “All you can do is hope and pray and keep praying for them that they listen and they understand.”
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Making the jump from middle to high school is one of those big moments in a kid’s life. In the latest installment of KERA’s education series Class of ’17, we meet Kelly Bowdy and her strongest educational influence, her grandmother, at the 8th grade graduation ceremony at Morningside Middle School in Fort Worth.

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