by Andrea Payne | Dec 3, 2020 | Fresh Ideas
Linda Tutt High School in Sanger, Texas, has opened a grocery store. This in itself is laudable for providing a needed resource for food insecure families, but it also remarkable for empowering students with the ability to help with their families’ basic needs. But...
by Andrea Payne | Nov 19, 2020 | Education News
Virtual learning is rough, but some help is on the way from federal dollars through the CARES Act and Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites. Granted, the CARES Act funds will help all 1200 plus Texas school districts by reimbursing money already spent on laptops, tablets,...
by Andrea Payne | Apr 9, 2020 | Ed311, Fresh Ideas
Cabin fever is beginning to set in, folks. We’re all feeling it, and it’s starting to show. Kids’ emotions are turning into mine fields, and parents might be peering into their handy-dandy-parenting-toolboxes for answers only to find that their supply of...
by Jennifer Childress | Mar 26, 2020 | Ed311
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a vast impact on public education, as school districts try to figure out ways to keep their students and employees safe, educate and feed students, and comply with federal and state mandates. It is a tremendously tough road to navigate,...
by Andrea Payne | Mar 20, 2020 | Ed311, Education News
Governor Abbott has officially closed all schools in Texas till at least April 3rd. Many people expect closures to be extended beyond that, whether it’s from state-wide mandate or the decisions of local districts. Texas school districts are doing an incredible job of...
