More Recess Means Better Grades For Elementary Students
First graders at Eagle Mountain Elementary currently receive four 15 minute breaks a day, making it a research lab for the link between recess and classroom performance nationwide.
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First graders at Eagle Mountain Elementary currently receive four 15 minute breaks a day, making it a research lab for the link between recess and classroom performance nationwide.
After nearly a year in orbit, America's space-endurance champ, astronaut and Texas-resident Scott Kelly, is just a few days away from returning to Earth — and he can't wait.
Some faculty members at the University of Houston say sensitive subjects may become taboo in their classrooms because of a law allowing Texas public university students to bring guns to class.
The Men Of Color Mentoring Program has helped more than 300 students.
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Dallas ISD says the school will be open Monday as scheduled.
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Andrew Walker, has been named one of 4,000 candidates in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.