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Twenty soon-to-be 6th graders packed into the Dallas City of Learning Mobile Tech XPerience, the super cool retrofitted RV filled with laptop computers, 3D printers, and Lego sumo robotics. It’s DCoL Tech Day at Billy Earl Dade Middle School and we have a healthy crowd of 145 kids. It’s a good thing the MTXP is air conditioned, as August 4 in Dallas is always a scorcher. But it was the churning of ideas, the sizzling vibrations of learning opportunities that truly generated the heat during the 6-hour day. Armed with a bank of 40 DCoL laptops, these students found a…

The Dallas Titans Softball Team delivered school supplies to Dallas ISD schools over the weekend. The softball team delivered about $2,000 worth of supplies to Ben Milam Elementary School and Sam Houston Elementary School!

Target and DonorsChoose.org are teaming up to support teacher- and student-driven classroom projects. Through a partnership with DonorsChoose.org, a non-profit dedicated to engaging the public to fund K-12 public school projects, Target will invest up to $5 million, reach up to 200,000 students nationwide and bring to life their ideas to promote healthy eating and increase physical activity. Examples include a school vegetable garden planted and tended by kids or playground improvements that focus on fitness and fun. Starting today, kids and their teachers can work together to submit ideas. In partnership with DonorsChoose.org, Target will fund all ideas that…

The start of school is just around the corner, which means back-to-school activities are ramping up. From the start of online enrollment to the end of prestigious summer internships for students, this was another great week in Dallas ISD. Watch the above short video—or read below—to learn more! Online enrollment begins Online enrollment opened this week, allowing most parents to enroll their children for school without standing in line or filling out paper forms. (Visit online enrollment homepage) Big donation Approximately 140 Dallas ISD teachers received more than $100,000 in materials and supplies for classroom enrichment projects thanks to DonorsChoose.org…