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Aug4 |
8/4/2011 9:23:00 AM by Becky Mayad |
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Internships help students see first-hand where a quality education can lead
and the education paths they’ll need to follow to get there
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May26 |
5/26/2011 10:22:00 AM by Sasha Kakabadse |
Seven Dallas-area high school seniors were awarded a combined $65,191 toward their college education today at the 2011 Mayor’s Chesapeake Energy Scholarship Award Luncheon, held at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library. Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) created the $3.75 million scholarship with an initial $2.5 million contribution. The remaining $1.25 million donation was raised in a challenge match by the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth for scholarship programs in both cities. Four years later, 55 students in Dallas and Fort Worth independent school districts have already been awarded four-year renewable scholarships.
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May17 |
5/17/2011 10:30:00 AM by Becky Mayad |
Calling it a life-changing investment in the lives of Dallas teens, Education is Freedom today announced a major scholarship program from Jarvis Christian College, a historically black college located in Hawkins, Texas. The partnership with EIF is the most significant scholarship investment ever made by Jarvis Christian College into a single program.
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Apr13 |
4/13/2011 10:19:00 AM by Saki Milton |
Freedom….a word that is very much taken for granted nowadays. In the 1960s, people literally fought for civil and economic rights for all people, primarily for African-Americans. At the root of the Civil Rights movement was the demand of equal access to a quality education.
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Oct6 |
10/6/2010 10:11:00 AM by Kamrhan Farwell |
UT to Launch Pilot Program for DISD Students
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Aug12 |
8/12/2010 9:20:00 AM by Gary Piña |
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Read the Article Here |
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Apr16 |
4/16/2010 2:30:00 PM by NBC Five News, KXAS-TV Dallas/Fort Worth (4/15/2010) |
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April 15th 2010, Education is Freedom and Mayor Tom Leppert held a job fair for the third annual Mayor's Intern Fellows Program. Over 350 students attending the job fair in hopes to recieve a summer internship with one of Dallas's top companies.
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Mar24 |
3/24/2010 9:55:00 AM by Mayor Tom Leppert/Op-Ed in the Dallas Morning News |
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Many young people grow up expecting to attend college after high school. But that's not always the case, especially for those living in our community's lower-income areas. read more... |
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Oct8 |
10/8/2009 9:27:00 AM by Dallas Buisness Journal |
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See this article in the Dallas Business Journal read more... |
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Sep3 |
9/3/2009 7:48:00 PM by TAWNELL HOBBS / The Dallas Morning News |
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Education Is Freedom and Texas A&M University-Commerce will announce today a $3.2 million partnership that focuses on preparing and motivating DISD students to go to college and succeed once there. read more... |