Career Institute North (CIN), one of three Dallas ISD career institutes, is no ordinary high school. It’s an educational ecosystem where students delve into a number of practicum courses and graduate with up to four certifications in highly employable fields.  Robotics at CIN Dallas ISD students are actively shaping their future within the institute’s Manufacturing cluster where they learn the principles of mechatronics, manufacturing, and industrial robotics. Mechatronics is a blending of electrical and mechanical engineering as well as design. It’s a study of “intelligent” systems to achieve an improvement in product quality and performance. CIN’s inquiry-grounded, project-based learning courses…

Part I in a series: Patient Care Career Institute North (CIN), one of three Dallas ISD career institutes, is no ordinary high school. It’s an educational ecosystem where students delve into a number of practicum courses and graduate with up to four certifications in highly employable fields.  Patient Care at CIN The health science cluster at CIN, also known as “patient care,” allows students the chance to step into a lifelike simulation of a hospital room and perform a number of medical procedures using “medical manikins” of different ages and genders. Closely resembling a person, a manikin can be programmed…

Most everyone knows what a LEGO is – one of the best-loved toys among children everywhere. For decades, the small, colorful, plastic bricks have maintained staying power as a No.1 toy choice for kids, even being named the “Toy of the Century” in the year 2000. And now, Dallas ISD students of all ages are using LEGOs as building blocks to success. LEGO Education President Victor Saeijs traveled from Denmark this week to visit James S. Hogg Elementary School and New Tech High School at B.F. Darrell and witness how the company’s product is being used in an educational space. …