This year, Dallas Weekly attended the 2024 Disney Dreamers Academy following five standout Dallas-area teens representing Big D at Walt Disney World.
Tag: Education
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Black Kids Need You to Show Up for Career Day
By Aziah Siid Studies find students have good jobs in the future when they receive career exposure and work-based learning while attaining their education. Career days happen nationwide at schools, […]
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Black Teachers Help Keep Black Boys Out of Special Education
By Aziah Siid Originally appeared in Word in Black A new study finds that Black male elementary school students with Black teachers are less likely to be identified for special […]
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How entrepreneurship is helping Black students creatively thrive with resilience
Ty’Viana Woodard of Lincoln High School in Dallas is a Black student entrepreneur who has found purpose in her passion for fashion and is using her business to encourage others to be their most authentic selves.
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Students Gather to Celebrate HBCU Signing Day
Six students and their families gathered to celebrate the first HBCU signing Day, hosted by Dallas Weekly in partnership with Dallas Greek socialites, Toast For Charity, NotMySon Dallas and TheNetwork, with each student receiving a $1,000 award and financial education from Chase Bank.
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The power of the arts: supporting the mental wellbeing of Black students
Keelyn Singleton, a senior at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, learned more about how music played a role in his mental health […]
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Most Black Teens Want Schools to Teach Slavery’s LegacyÂ
By Aziah Siid Originally appeared in Word in Black Banning books written by Black authors, issuing permission slips to hear a book by a Black author, blocking the AP African […]
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Empowering Students: How Good Trouble Shapes the Future of Protest
John Lewis’ policy of Good Trouble can help kids learn the value of protest and activism this Black History Month, with examples of peaceful resistance including protests, marches, and sit-ins.
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Despite Pushback, Black Lives Matter at School Keeps Growing
By Aziah Siid Originally appeared in Word in Black We live in an era where a Black teen in Texas can get suspended for wearing his hair in locs, schools in Florida […]
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9 Facts About the Racial Wealth Gap
By Bria Overs Originally appeared in Word in Black Five hundred years. That’s how long experts say it would take for Black people to reach economic parity with white people and close […]
