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DISD’s Pre-K Now Lasts All Day
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Dallas Independent School District’s newly expanded pre-kindergarten program debuted Monday. The district’s youngest students now attend classes all day. Previously, the kids...
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Dallas ISD Pre-K Students Learning Mandarin Chinese
(Credit: Dallas ISD) DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — At an age when most students are learning to count, memorize the alphabet, and color between the lines, the Dallas Independent School District is introducing...
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Texas Mom Charged After Son Takes Gun To School
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter LA JOYA , Texas (AP) — The mother of a 4-year-old pre-kindergarten student who took a loaded gun in his backpack to a South Texas elementary school has been...
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Texas Denied Grants For Pre-K Funding
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) – The federal government has denied Texas’ application for up to $120 million in grants to help pay for pre-kindergarten programs, and some education...
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Conservatives Call Pre-K In Public Schools “Godless Environment”
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – When it comes to Pre-K, Tamara Jones say she has no doubt about how effective it is for her daughter Kearee. “I’ve seen her grow from when...
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State Senate Approves Texas Pre-K Upgrade
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) – After months of criticism from both sides of the political spectrum, the Texas Senate on Thursday approved Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s proposed...
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Gov. Abbott’s Texas Pre-K Plan Rebuffed By Alma Mater
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) – In Texas, where pre-K is scorned by some conservative activists as “godless,” Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s major education initiative is giving...
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DISD Goes Door To Door To Fill Empty Pre-K Seats
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBS11) – With little more than a week remaining before the new school year begins, DISD staffers are taking to the pavement in an all-out push to fill...
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Elementary School Not Finished For 1st Day, Parents Upset
ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Wet weather and a delay in receiving construction supplies put construction of Peach Elementary School on Baird Farm Road in Arlington behind schedule. Now some students are...
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State Reports Recommends Capping Pre-K Classroom Size At 22
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) – A report commissioned as part of Texas’ sweeping new prekindergarten initiative recommends capping classroom size at 22 students — something most...
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Dallas ISD Changes Policy For Pre-K School Suspensions
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – After a unanimous vote by the school board, changes will now be made to a Dallas Independent School District policy that allowed suspension...
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3-Year-Olds Taking Tests In Mesquite Pre-K Program
MESQUITE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Icela Gudino spends a couple of days a week in her daughter Alexa’s class as a volunteer. Alexa is one of 22 children in the morning pre-kindergarten program for Seabourn...
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Less Pencil & Paper, More Creative Learning At New Mansfield ISD School
MANSFIELD (CBSDFW.COM) – It’s billed as a pre-K the likes of which have never been seen before. The Mansfield Independent School District is taking school beyond the four walls of a classroom at a new...
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GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Students had their first day of school on Grand Prairie ISD Monday… Part Two. Nearly a month after the district launched with online classes only, Pre-K through 2nd...
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