DSN Newswire Approximately 600 students from Dallas public and charter high schools went through “real-life” interview process competing for eight-week internships at AT&T, JP Morgan Chase, Brinker, Parkland and more all made possible by the Mayor’s internship fellows program. Today approximately 600 Dallas public high school students put their newly honed interview skills to practice [...]
Willis’ Blog: Determined to change This Saturday, Dallas’ Mayor Mike Rawlings pulled off a rally against domestic abuse and in spite of bad weather thousands still showed up to show their determination to change the culture of domestic violence. There was a large segment of the crowd that was African American and that speaks volumes [...]
DSN Newswire The Century Scholars Program (CSP) is a partnership between Texas A&M University and 90 high schools throughout the state of Texas. Established in 1999, the Century Scholars Program is an academic scholarship and retention program seeking to increase the number of enrolled and retained students from under-represented Texas high schools. The program serves [...]
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DSN Newswire Study Islam, Religion and Politics, War, Theology—on us! RELIGION | NEWSWRITERS invites journalists to apply to its Lilly Scholarships in Religion Program. The scholarships give full-time journalists up to $5,000 to take any college religion courses at any accredited institution at any time. Religion headlines are dominating news coverage—politics, religion, Islam in America [...]
by Marissa Budzynski The Dallas ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously in favor of proposal to tighten school security in the wake of the Newtown, Conn. shootings. The shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December were a wake-up call for the Dallas Independent School District, say officials. The Board of Trustees voted unanimously on [...]
DSN Newswire The University of North Texas System (UNTS) Board of Regents voted today to name Ronald T. Brown, Ph.D., the sole finalist for the presidency of the University of North Texas at Dallas (UNT Dallas). UNT System Chancellor Lee F. Jackson recommended Dr. Brown to the Board, after receiving recommendations from a Presidential Search [...]
I can remember the good times of school days for my children in Grand Prairie. My daughter and son both attended Jackson middle school and South Grand Prairie high school and on occasion as parents we encountered times with the school board. At that time there was one African American on the school board and [...]
DSN Newswire/Dallas ISD Students will receive hands-on assistance with admission applications, during the bi-annual ‘Las Llaves del Éxito’ (Keys to Success) College Fair The Dallas Independent School District, along with the Dallas County Community College District and several area organizations and universities, will host the bi-annual Las Llaves del Éxito (Keys to Success) College Fair on [...]
by Michael Hubbard In February of 2012, the McGraw-Hill Research Foundation released a study titled “The Impact of School Buildings on Student Health and Performance: A Call for Research”. The study outlines how factors such as poor classroom acoustics, no natural light and poor ventilation negatively impact students’ alertness and performance. The report isn’t an [...]
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