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Students in Emmett J. Conrad High School’s NAF Academy of Finance aren’t simply studying money in an abstract way. Instead, they are learning practical ways to earn, manage and save money. That’s especially important as many Conrad students help contribute to their families’ incomes. Read and listen to a great story from KERA on the academy and its students. The NAF Academy of Finance is just one of many Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs in Dallas ISD that teach students real-world skills in a variety of disciplines that they can carry with them into careers and life after school.

Trustee Audrey Pinkerton represents District 7 which includes North Central Oak Cliff and parts of West Dallas. In this excerpt from her monthly column in The Advocate, she shares how innovation in the classroom helps students soar and how one partner supports that effort. Innovation drives excellence in classrooms When you look at some of the most successful classrooms today, you find many of them share commonalities, including opportunities for students to explore, problem solve, collaborate, create and innovate. Every year, Dallas ISD’s most innovative teachers determine ways to bring all of these components to their classrooms through hands-on activities…

Kimley-Horn, an engineering and planning firm, donated 74 boxes full of classroom supplies to teachers at Young Women’s STEAM Academy at Balch Springs. More than 500 employees at the firm chipped in to stuff the supplies boxes that included calculators, notebooks, STEM-related projects, and more. The supplies will help the students become the next generation of engineers and scientists. “Kimley-Horn kicks off each new year with a gathering of our Texas staff. As we planned this year’s meeting, we sought ways to serve the engineering profession through community service. What better way than to support the education of future engineers…

Two students at Dan D. Rogers Elementary School are riding high after winning a special raffle for students with perfect attendance. Schumacher Clinical Group, which is a new community partner of Rogers Elementary, donated two bikes to raffle off to students who didn’t miss any class during the first semester. First-grader Aylin Gutierrez Vega and fourth-grader Brandon Ibarra were the raffle winners.