Big Thought’s President and CEO Byron Sanders, along with Creative Lead Sasha Davis, joins Brandon Frame of The Urban Assembly in one of their ongoing professional learning sessions. Byron, Sasha and Brandon discuss utilizing social and emotional...
Big Thought is a Dallas-based non-profit that prides itself on empowering youth and closing the opportunity gap. A large part of that mission is ensuring the communities these children live in are places of understanding, acceptance and hope. NBC...
Written by Bella Pinera, Dallas Innovates, February 24, 2021 In spite of the unique challenges brought on by COVID-19, the City of Dallas, DISD, Big Thought, and other local organizations worked together to provide educational programs to students...
Practitioners in schools and out-of-school programs share their experiences working together to help children develop SEL skills in this five-episode series A new podcast series from The Wallace Foundation...
Students’ social-emotional skills have suffered since the pandemic started and some predict it will only worsen Summer programs help children with learning losses and give them a chance to connect Dallas-area children and teenagers are struggling...
Way before the calamities of a global pandemic and forced virtual learning, there existed a formidable equity gap in education. The events of 2020 have both further exposed and completely exacerbated that chasm in access and opportunity for...
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