Advancing Equity for Women and Girls, News
By CECILIA BOONE Published: 27 June 2016 12:48 PM Updated: 27 June 2016 03:17 PM My husband, my children, some of my friends and I are exchanging texts as fast as our fingers will fly. It’s a victory: a victory for women in Texas. Of course I mean the Supreme...
Improving Educational Outcomes for Children in Public Schools, News
by Diane Smith, Star-Telegram FORT WORTH The numbers are an urgent call to action. One-third of Hispanic and black children live in poverty in Tarrant County, according to a state report released Wednesday. The State of Texas Children: Race and Equity in...
Advancing Equity for Women and Girls, News
April 29, 2016 May 2, 2016 / gsnetx blog We are honored to introduce The Boone Family Foundation Courtyard at the STEM Center of Excellence at Camp Whispering Cedars, dedicated to three Texas Trailblazers: Vivian Castleberry, Louise Raggio and Virginia Whitehill....
Improving Educational Outcomes for Children in Public Schools, News
Study: Over 30% of black and Hispanic students in high-poverty schools By Melissa B. Taboada – American-Statesman Staff Posted: 12:02 a.m. Wednesday, April 13, 2016 Hispanic students in Texas are seven times more likely than white students to be enrolled in...
Improving Educational Outcomes for Children in Public Schools, News
“I am outraged and tremendously disappointed in the behavior displayed by a group of students,” says Texas A&M University President Michael Young, after a group of students from an inner-city high school were called racial slurs and told, “Go...
Improving Educational Outcomes for Children in Public Schools, News
For decades, some of Dallas’ most vulnerable children filled the red brick building at the corner of South Ewing Avenue and Korgan Street in east Oak Cliff. Abandoned and neglected wards of Dallas County lived there, followed by juveniles in trouble for offenses from...
