Mental health experts on for phone-free classrooms
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Dallas ISD will use locking pouches to enforce the new Texas law banning student cell phone use during school hours, with a mental health expert advising that students and parents should expect an adjustment period.

Texas students face major changes as new education laws take effect

New Texas education laws banning cell phones and requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in classrooms are among the changes now in effect for the upcoming school year.

Dallas ISD new teacher academy and backpack giveaway
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Leaders at Dallas ISD are welcoming a new class of teachers. They're kicking off the new school year in style. Dallas ISD is making sure students in southern Dallas have everything they need ahead of the upcoming school year. The district's Resource Center South held a backpack giveaway for families this evening.

New Texas law requires schools to ban student cellphones

Students in Texas will be banned from using cellphones in public schools next fall. Districts will have to come up with new policies over the summer to either prohibit phones or prevent students from using them during the school day.

Texas Education Agency shows improves scores
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Data from the Texas Education Agency shows reading language arts scores improved across every grade level, with the largest improvements in fifth grade. That grade was in kindergarten learning to read when the pandemic shut down schools.

Teacher shot in Wilmer Hutchins High School attack speaks out on trauma and future in education

The Dallas high school teacher says a stray bullet entered a classroom and grazed her on the right side of her face, just inches away from her right eye during the April 15 school shooting.

Teacher shot in Dallas ISD school shooting speaks out
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The Dallas high school teacher says a stray bullet entered a classroom and grazed her on the right side of her face, just inches away from her right eye during the April 15 school shooting.

Dallas School Shooting: Bullet flew through teacher's glasses and narrowly missed her eye, report says

Police documents from last month’s shooting at Wilmer Hutchins High School confirm what prosecutors previously revealed in a court hearing – there were five victims of the shooting. A teacher was grazed by a bullet. It flew through her glasses, narrowly missing an eye.

Former Dallas ISD Superintendent Nolan Estes dies at 94

Former Dallas ISD Superintendent Nolan Estes died over the weekend at 94-years-old. Estes worked at Dallas ISD for 10 years, where he was recognized for leading the district through desegregation efforts.

Dallas residents attend Reverchon Park reopening
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Baseball at the iconic Reverchon Park in Dallas is happening again, continuing a legacy dating back more than a hundred years.

Dallas celebrates grand reopening of Reverchon Park baseball field

Baseball at the iconic Reverchon Park in Dallas is happening again, continuing a legacy dating back more than a hundred years.

Dallas HS students conduct walkout upon return to campus
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For the first time since a gunman opened fire in their hallways students at Wilmer Hutchins high school return to school. More than a hundred students walked out in protest of the violence.

Wilmer-Hutchins High School reopens following shooting, students walk out in protest

Students at Wilmer-Hutchins High School returned to class for the first time since a shooting on campus that injured five people. Several of them also walked out in protest.

Wilmer-Hutchins students return to school after shooting
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Students will return to Wilmer-Hutchins High School today?nearly a week after a teenager allegedly opened fire in the hallways.

Dallas community members host youth violence listening session following school shooting

A week after the Wilmer Hutchins High School shooting, a group of community leaders met to discuss youth violence in Dallas as students are expected back on campus tomorrow.

Dallas community leaders speak on local youth gun violence
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Students will return to campus for the first time since the five people were shot during a school shooting last Tuesday. Before the students' arrival, the group of concerned community leaders spoke to a select audience to brainstorm how to inspire change in the youth.

Judge denies bond reduction for Tracy Haynes
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Tracy Haynes' cousin testified he was threatened by gang members and told him before the shooting he quote - "had to do something by 430" - which meant the end of the school day according to the family member.