Apprenticeships Better Than College For Some
There are 1.7 million Americans graduating from college this spring, facing challenging job prospects and debt. Some are taking a different path.
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There are 1.7 million Americans graduating from college this spring, facing challenging job prospects and debt. Some are taking a different path.
Graduation rates for Texas high school students increased 1.9 percent since 2002 to just below the national average.
DALLAS- Milton Smith was headed home along I-20 when his car was hit head on by a drunk wrong way driver. Smith, 62, a police officer with the Dallas County Community College District and a former pastor, was headed home after working off-duty at a Denny's overnight.
In an effort to bolster choices for parents, Dallas ISD trustee Lew Blackburn announced Thursday that an elementary campus set to close could be transformed into a charter school.
School districts soon will be able to opt out of a common ammonia-treated ground beef filler critics have dubbed "pink slime."
A North Texas candidate for Texas' State Board of Education has upset parents of special needs students with her thoughts on special education in the state.
The teachers are being dropped based on poor performance.
Deer hunting in Dallas County could soon become a reality. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is taking comments on that proposal online and in meetings across the state.
Cristian Mendoza is scribbling with a black marker on a miniature whiteboard. Suddenly, he wheels around and wields the marker like a dagger, menacing fellow 5-year-old Joseph Simon who giggles and covers his eyes with two small magnifying glasses.
Many quick breakfast foods for kids can be filled with fat and sodium. But there are some alternatives that are just as fast and delicious.
School districts are now tackling their budgets for next year, and debate over public funding for public schools will likely escalate later this month.
About 36,000 kids are born with heart defects each year, but they are not forced to live a life struggling with heart disease.
Federal and state agencies are investigating the Dallas Independent School District's decision to use Title 1 funds to send 5,000 boys to see the film Red Tails in February.
The Plano School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to transfer 172 students from overcrowded Huffman Elementary to Brinker, Haggar and Centennial –– all of which are higher ranking elementary schools.
The Economic Development Committee of the Dallas City Council has approved a proposed redevelopment plan for the old Dallas High.