In a brightly lit room, which looks like a cross between a doctor’s office and a manufacturing lab, miracles are made. No matter what angle you look at it, you’ll see something amazing. We’ll start with Dr. Gayle Daniels, an optometrist who knocked on the door of a school and asked if she could volunteer and teach. “It’s a...

A teacher at Perimeter Middle School in Cedar Hill ISD has found a simple way to engage her students: movement.

Teachers are always looking for something hands-on and “out of the box” to bring to their classrooms to help kids learn. Often, those complex lesson plans take a ton of time and money. But, a teacher at Perimeter Middle School in Cedar Hill has found a simple way to engage her students: movement.

Teachers are always looking for something hands-on and “out of the box” to bring to their classrooms to help kids learn. Often, those complex lesson plans take a ton of time and money. But, a teacher at Perimeter Middle School in Cedar Hill has found a simple way to engage her students: movement. Ebony Lewis is all over her classroom,…

Cross Timbers Middle School is the largest middle school in Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District and home to Aspire Academy, a program for students identified as “highly gifted” — Tim Spitsberg is one of the teachers.

The school is home to Grapevine-Colleyville ISD’s Secondary Teacher of the Year for two school years in a row. Daniela Barbaro’s sixth grade science class is one of the students’ favorites.

NBC 5’s Wayne Carter is with students at Cross Timbers Middle School in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD as they “brag about their school.”

Cross Timbers Middle is the largest middle school in Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District. The school’s mascot is the Wolves and the students love to howl about their school.

Cross Timbers is home to the Aspire Academy, a program for students identified as “highly gifted.”

Woodworking class creations from Multiple Careers Magnet Center, a school that teaches vocational skills to students with special needs, are delivered to sick children in the area.

The spirit of the season isn’t lost in a woodworking class at Multiple Careers Magnet Center, a school that teaches vocational skills to students with special needs.

The spirit of the season isn’t lost in a woodworking class at Multiple Careers Magnet Center, a school that teaches vocational skills to students with special needs. Tenth grader Noah Menday and students from across Dallas ISD are Santa’s little elves. They are hard at work, cutting nailing and sanding wooden toys to life in order to help make...

The Dallas Zoo is one of only a few zoos in the country to offer preschool classes, it’s a place where young minds come to play, explore and learn.

The Dallas Zoo is one of only a few zoos in the country to offer preschool classes.

It’s no secret some of the best learning takes place outside of the classroom. We can all remember a field trip where we learned something so cool we just never forgot it. If only class were there every day. Well, for some students it is, at the Dallas Zoo. “As soon as I heard about it I was like,...

A classroom at Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas ISD is also a coffee shop, to prepare students to enter the workforce.

Students are learning so many advanced classes in schools these days…. even kindergartners can code robots. But give a 16-year-old some cash and ask them to make change, you may get a stumped look on their face.

Students study financial math skills that are useful in real life.

The Teen Trendsetter program is helping both age groups bond and grow.