Students Create ‘Mindset Art' as They Head to Middle School
A Haslet Elementary art project took on a life of it’s own. It helped prepare some students for the difficult transition into middle school. Wayne Carter reports.
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Teacher on Leave for Controversial Yearbook Cover Receives Support From Community
This year Downing Middle School’s yearbook won’t be remembered for what’s inside it but for two stickers on the cover, suggested by the teacher, and approved by students.
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Nonprofit Offers Tutoring For Pocket Change
If your child is one of many who fell behind this school year, there’s an organization willing to help for next to nothing.
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Fort Worth ISD to Install Internet Transmission Towers to Connect Students
Fort Worth Independent School District superintendent Kent Scribner promised at-home WiFi for the students of the school and three more like it by end of the summer break.
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NBC 5 Hosts School Community Members to Discuss Racial Tension on Campus
NBC 5 recently invited school leaders, students, and parents from districts across North Texas to sit at our table and talk about race.
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Sick Student Denied Access to School Nurse Later Tests Positive for COVID-19
A family has questions after their elementary-age son was denied access to the school nurse and later tested positive for COVID-19.
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School Districts Ask Lawmakers to Allow Remote Learning to Continue
Funding for virtual learning is in jeopardy and many school leaders are trying to get lawmakers in Austin to approve funding for next school year.
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School Districts Take Steps to Begin Vaccines for Students on Campus
Schools across the area are taking steps- that will allow them to offer COVID-19 vaccines to students. Children 12 and older are set to become eligible for the Pfizer shot soon. Education Reporter Wayne Carter breaks down what parents need to know.
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New ‘Hybrid' School to Offer Mix of In-Person and Virtual Learning
If only kids enjoyed school as much as they do video games. Well, Dallas ISD is getting there with its new Hybrid School, slated to open in the fall.
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School Turns to Technology to Help Manage Nursing Office on Campus
Schools are doubling down on health care services after the pandemic, making sure they’re taking steps to keep students healthy. NBC 5 education reporter Wayne Carter shows how Garland ISD is tackling the issue with technology.
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U.S. Education Secretary Talks to NBC 5 About STAAR Tests and Pandemic Concerns
Not even 65 days on the job and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has already spent a lot of time looking at Texas and the funding issues we have faced specifically federal dollars school leaders asked for but were held up in Austin.
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More North Texas School Districts Offer Open Enrollment to Students Outside District
Garland ISD will start accepting applications for its open enrollment next week, allowing students who live outside of the Garland ISD attendance zone to attend the district, tuition-free.
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$19 Billion in Federal Stimulus Money for School Districts in Texas Now Available
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says the state will release federal stimulus money, designated to help schools deal with learning loss and to recoup costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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School Leaders Ask Lawmakers to Release Stimulus Funds
There are billions of dollars sitting in a bank account in Austin that belongs to Texas schools. School leaders can’t get their hands on it though, even as their bank accounts are running low.
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Lovejoy Elementary School Will Close Due to Budget Concerns
Budget problems are popping up for school districts across North Texas as schools try to pay for more programs with less money from the state. Lovejoy ISD announced it would close one of its elementary schools.
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Aledo ISD Parents Want Plan From School Board to Address Racism
Aledo ISD parents demanded the school board take action after “slave trade” flyers were posted on school grounds Monday, just a week after some students were caught “slave trading” classmates on Snapchat.
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Students Studying Environment Become Finalists in National Contest
Some students in Coppell are taking steps to make the world a better place and they’re getting some national attention for it.
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Students of Color ‘Slave Traded' by Other Students in Online Game at Aledo School
Parents in the Aledo ISD say the district has not done enough after an online game was discovered, where ninth-grade students were slave-trading students of color and labeling the group chat “Slave trade”; “N” Farm; and “N” auction.
