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Schooling Doesn’t End at Retirement

October 4, 2022October 5, 2022 Contributor 0 Comments cc young, CC Young Senior Living, FP, OLLI, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Children in Texas are not the only ones taking new classes this fall. Their grandparents and great-grandparents are joining in the fun.

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Sebastian and Valentina Calderon – Youth on the Rise

March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 Rachel Snyder 0 Comments 20 under 40, People Newspapers 20 Under 40, Sebastian Calderon, Valentina Calderón, Youth on the Rise

Sebastian and Valentina Calderon may only be 6 and 9, respectively, but the siblings are already making a difference through their nonprofit Shining Brownies.

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Texas Supreme Court Rules Allows School Mask Mandates to Remain (For Now)

August 19, 2021August 26, 2021 Bethany Erickson 0 Comments

Nearly 50 school districts across Texas have enacted some sort of mask requirement, and after vowing to end that, Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton were dealt a blow from the entirely Republican Texas Supreme Court.
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As Court Dates Await, More School Districts Issue Mask Requirements

August 18, 2021August 19, 2021 Bethany Erickson 0 Comments

Overnight, several more school districts moved to begin requiring masks on campuses, despite Attorney General Ken Paxton’s warning that he was making a list of those that were.
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HPHS Ranked Among Top 50 Texas High Schools By U.S. News

May 24, 2021 Rachel Snyder 2 Comments

Highland Park High School was ranked among the top 250 high schools in the country and top 50 in the state, according to a recent Best U.S. School rankings list conducted by U.S. News & World Report.

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Priority Bills Imperiled as Tensions Rise Between Texas House and Senate

May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments TXLEGE 2021

With time dwindling on the legislative session, the Texas House is breaking until Sunday, in an attempt to send the Senate a clear message: Pass our priority bills or see your own legislation die slowly in our chamber.

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Runway For Rise Going Virtual

May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments GIVINGPEOPLE

The Ashford Rise School of Dallas is gearing up for the fourth-annual Runway for Rise fashion show, which will be virtual this year amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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What Does Pandemic Schooling Look Like in a Biden Administration?

December 20, 2020December 29, 2020 Bethany Erickson 0 Comments

There has been a lot of discussion around education policy and where that intersects with the pandemic – but will things change once President-elect Joe Biden takes office?

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Former Hockaday Teacher Sues School

December 1, 2020March 17, 2021 Bethany Erickson 0 Comments Jason Baldwin

Tracy Walder was, by far, one of Hockaday’s bragging points in recent years. The former CIA counterterrorism pro and FBI agent came to the school to teach history in 2010. But that relationship has soured, and now the former teacher is suing the school.