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Salvation Army needs help with back-to-school drive
By Jonathan Toye at Kerrville Daily Times, July 24, 2020 Inside her office in the Salvation Army Kroc Center on Thursday, Capt. Beth Swyers asked the Kerr County community for help. The Salvation Army recently launched its annual back-to-school drive, which helps collect school supplies for disadvantaged children. During previous years, A Kerr County resident
As school reopenings falter, some Texas parents hire private teachers. Others can only afford to cross their fingers.
With the safe reopening of schools this fall in doubt, parents with the resources are setting up "learning pods" or seeking other options. But the do-it-yourself approach to education threatens to leave behind students of color and poorer families.
Texas classrooms can stay closed this fall without losing state funding if local health officials order it
Photo by Michael Stravato By Aliyya Swaby at Texas Tribune, July 15, 2020 Last week, the state’s education agency released an order requiring schools to open their buildings to in-person instruction five days a week for all students who want it. The order gives districts a transition period of just three weeks at the start
Texas will extend time that schools will be allowed to stay online-only, Gov. Greg Abbott says
Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr. By Aliyaa Swaby and Patrick Svitek at Texas Tribune , July 14, 2020 Texas will give school districts more flexibility to keep their school buildings closed to in-person instruction this fall as coronavirus cases continue to rise, Gov. Greg Abbott told a Houston television station Tuesday. Public health guidance released
Write More Letters to Friends and Family
(StatePoint) In an age of instant messages, video chats and social media, the art of letter writing has become rare. But sitting down to write correspondence by hand can be a much more personal way to connect than some of the modern modes of communication. Not only does it give you ample opportunity to express
Teaching kids how to make guitars can get them hooked on engineering
You can’t make a guitar without some STEM know-how. James Cordero, CC BY-SA Mark French, Purdue University The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work. The Big Idea: I’m part of a team of professors and high school teachers around the country that encourages high schools to teach kids to build guitars
Texas schools with more student poverty got the most Ds and Fs in state ratings
High school students walk to their next class after the bell rings at Elsik Ninth Grade Center in Houston on March 28, 2018. Image credit: Pu Ying Huang At the same time, hundreds of high-poverty schools received A grades, including many in South Texas. Those are just some of the takeaways from this year’s ratings. By Aliyya
