In 2011 STEM initiatives first took root in the southern sector of Dallas County. Students that were entering school that year, just children at the time, are now set to graduate high school and enter the next stage of their life.
The Educate Texas College and Career Readiness team recently traveled with the Career and Technology Education (CTE) Directors’ Community of Practice (CoP) to the Rio Grande Valley.
Educator, researcher, and creative, Shareefah Mason, brought the community together to shed light on how we can and why we should diversify the teacher pipeline
August 4, 2023
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May 17, 2023
Over the last decade, about half a million students in the Rio Grande Valley have been better prepared for postsecondary programs and employment facilitated by RGV FOCUS, a collaboration with Educate Texas.
April 28, 2023
Increasing teacher diversity continues to be a challenge and with more and more research showing the positive impact of diverse teachers, a consensus is building about the need for change.
Say “summer school” to a group of seventh-grade boys, and you don’t expect dozens of hands to shoot in the air, fueled by shouts of, “Pick me! Pick me!”
March 17, 2023
The Texas Legislature is currently considering two bills, filed identically in the House and the Senate, to increase investments in funding community colleges to support Texans earning postsecondary academic and workforce credentials.
February 22, 2023
Students want more teachers to express their problems and challenges at home and they feel most comfortable sharing those thoughts with teachers who they see themselves in.