As families choose between laundry and food, Dallas schools add washer/dryer sets
This story explored how a lack of access to laundry affects a community. It helped raised $137,000 in pledged and actual donations for various district needs, including washers and dryers. Students at Plano East allege racial slurs after Trump victory I used Facebook and Twitter to establish contact with students at a high school where tensions ran high the day after the elections. The story generated 37,000 page views, 11,000 Facebook interactions and was shared by The Love Life of an Asian Guy. Grand Prairie teacher found guilty of threatening that he was capable of Sandy Hook-like shooting in 2013 I wrote four breaking news stories on Christopher Durham, a teacher who was eventually found guilty of saying he was "capable of doing things along the line of what just happened in Newtown, Connecticut." Students at his school in Grand Prairie found his history after a Google search and alerted the administration. I discovered that his previous school district allowed him to resign after learning about his background and even after the guilty verdict in November, he remained on paid leave.. Newt Gingrich stops in Dallas to talk jobs, Trump, and "how stupid universities are becoming" I interviewed Newt Gingrich on his opinions about potential candidates for the Trump cabinet and post-election anxieties. He said: "We had an election. We won. The idea that some universities are offering aromatherapy as a way of coping with the pain tells you a lot about how stupid universities are becoming. The system will move on. It’s an amazingly robust system, unlike most dictatorships." Dallas-area voters hit the polls early to have their say Living 'paycheck to paycheck,' these teachers moonlight to make ends meet Dallas ISD cuts suspensions through classroom confessionals Fort Worth mother whose arrest went viral wants charges dropped 'We are scared': Students share fears, teachers calm nerves after election How can schools hold onto good principals? George W. Bush weighs in Clinton crushes Trump - among Irving ISD students, anyway I will do anything for them': Award-winning teachers share tips, insights for the new school year Irving ISD voters approve tax swap that promises to raise teacher pay |