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After Uvalde’s horrific school shooting, state lawmakers demanded every public school in Texas be protected by armed security. Legislators approved $15,000 per campus, a fraction of the real cost. And as schools begin to open statewide, districts are scrambling for qualified people.
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Numerous events across the area will provide free supplies so kids can be ready when classes start later this month.
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A book sent home with some Dallas ISD students teaches them what to do in a dangerous situation at school.
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North Texas students want state legislators to do something about rising gun violence. Just this weekend, three children were among the victims at an Allen outlet mall.
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Students at least ten high schools in North Texas joined a nationwide walkout to protest gun violence after two shootings at schools in DFW.
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However, about a quarter of the audited campuses were found to need some corrective action.
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Students and school staff have experienced traumatic events like the Uvalde shooting and finding a new normal after the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022.
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In big cities across the country, teachers are almost always in demand. And amid the so-called “Great Resignation,” that may be truer now than ever. Until school starts in August, it’s impossible to know exactly how many teachers Texas will be in need. But some Dallas instructors suspect a higher-than-typical number of their colleagues won’t return to class this fall.
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Dallas ISD’s Mental Health Services Department supports children and their families through life and learning challenges. After Executive Director Tracey Brown learned of the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde where 19 children and two adults were killed, she said it was “all things crisis response support” for her and the clinicians she oversees.
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More than six weeks into the deadly conflict between Ukraine and the invading Russia, the world is watching. So how are teachers working this into their lesson plans and what are students taking away?
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Since the 2021 school year, nearly 550,000 students have contracted COVID-19 across Texas. From district-wide conflicts about mask mandates to virtual schooling, students have experienced widespread change and lost out on many routines and traditions.
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Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa talked about the value of collegiate classes in high school and especially the pay-off from internships, during a webinar discussing on how to manage education and student career development in a pandemic