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Annual Dallas City of Learning Report Finds a Rebound in Access and Dosage with the Return to Face-to-Face Programming Dallas City of Learning (DCoL), launched in 2014, represents a collection, or ecosystem, of organizations focused on providing...
According to the Code of Corrections, the goal of the juvenile justice system is to rehabilitate youth offenders, and if possible, restore them to a state of useful citizenship. However, in the past decade, Texas and County juvenile systems have...
This article first appeared in Business Wire. DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Big Thought, Dallas ISD, SMU and the City of Dallas are hosting the 2023 State of Summer: Building Skills, Building Futures community event where they will share...
The Blueprint for Enterprise Capital makes the case to foundations, major donors, corporations and other funders of social enterprises that enterprise-level grants and investments—in essence, funding that comes with fewer strings and aims to...
By: Andrea Levere, with Corey Baron, Elizabeth Davidson, Bryan Fike, Alexandra Sing and Vicky Zhang Published: December 2020 Meeting the Needs of This Moment Our nation is in crisis. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the deep disparities in our...
See early findings and lessons from 38 sites working to implement social and emotional learning support for students across schools and out-of-school-time programs. Six communities...
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