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Big Thought is pleased to announce it has received $2.5 million in donations — $1 million from the Rainwater Charitable Foundation based in Fort Worth, Texas, and $1.5 million from philanthropists MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett. Scott and Jewett...

Our collective history is a fundamental element of building a more perfect union. History is a critical part of who we all are.  House Bill 3979 takes us backwards on the journey to a more equitable society.  At Big Thought, we believe it’s...

For some, spring break means hanging out with friends at the beach. And while soaking up some sun is always fun, a couple of Cedar Hill Collegiate Academy sophomores, Eryn Kinard and Jocelyn Rodriguez, spent their spring break hanging out with a...

For the first time, Big Thought, a Dallas initiative involved in “City of Learning” programs focused on summer activities, will provide social-emotional learning “coaches” who will work alongside summer staff dedicated to academic and other...

In a recent article for Forbes, Tom Vander Ark, the CEO of Getting Smart and an advocate for innovations in learning, explored the importance of human expression and how things like blockchain, cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) can...

  We see you.   To all of the parents working hard to keep their kids safe and trying to find the right words to explain why these gross injustices persist — we see you. To our youth who have worked so hard to navigate this most...