Isaac Windes interviews a child at Hope Farm, an after school program for at-risk boys in Fort Worth.

Early Childhood Education Reporter - Crossroads Lab

Isaac Windes covers Early Childhood Education as part of the Star-Telegram’s Crossroads Lab. The position is funded with assistance from the Morris Foundation. Windes is a graduate of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. Before coming to the Star-Telegram he wrote about schools and colleges in Southeast Texas for the Beaumont Enterprise. He was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. Please reach out with your questions about Early Childhood Education. Email: iwindes@star-telegram.com or call or text (817) 668-5449. Follow Isaac on Twitter @isaacdwindes

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Playtime and therapy are synonymous at this Dallas child care center. Here’s how it works

Kelly McShan was worried when she started noticing her young son, Jackson, having bad dreams and showing signs of anxiety — like being afraid to leave the room even to get water or play outside. Through her church, she learned about play therapy — a unique method of therapy that is child-led and allows patients to explore their emotions and learn coping skills, while just playing with toys. The program she learned about is housed in Annie’s Place, a child care facility on the campus of Parklan
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Complaint: Fort Worth seniors told to drop capstone projects for class they didn’t need

Barton Scott, the department head of Career and Technical Education at Young Men’s Leadership Academy in Fort Worth, filed a whistleblower complaint against the school district in September with the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office. In it, he accused the Fort Worth school district of requiring students to take an occupational safety course that is not needed in their industry and profiting off of students by receiving bonuses for their achievement as part of a Texas Education Agency pr
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6 North Texas school districts are closing on Election Day, citing security concerns

Fort Worth is joining five other districts across North Texas in giving most students a holiday and teachers a professional development day on Tuesday, citing security concerns at polling places on campuses. The Fort Worth school board unanimously approved the holiday in September. The changes do not affect Early College High School students, whose school calendars align with the Tarrant County College Academic Calendar, according to a release. According to the district, the holiday is meant t
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6 distritos escolares del norte de Texas cierran el día de las elecciones, alegando motivos de seguridad

Fort Worth se está uniendo a otros cinco distritos en todo el norte de Texas en dar a la mayoría de los estudiantes un día de asueto y a los maestros un día de desarrollo profesional el martes, citando preocupaciones de seguridad en los lugares de votación en los campus. La junta escolar de Fort Worth aprobó por unanimidad el día festivo en septiembre. Los cambios no afectan a los estudiantes de Early College High School, cuyos calendarios escolares se alinean con el calendario académico de Tar
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Bond-approved infant and toddler program will be built in south side Fort Worth school

The first of four early childhood centers in Fort Worth schools approved as part of a historic bond in November of last year will be housed at the Morningside annex on the city’s south side. Few details have been shared about the project, which is planned to provide early learning services to infants and toddlers as Fort Worth ISD hones in on the earliest years of life — but a contract to build out the new center was approved as part of the consent agenda at a September board meeting. Austin-b
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Fort Worth schools superintendent has been on the job for one month. How’s she doing?

In her first month at the helm of the Fort Worth school district, Superintendent Angélica Ramsey has visited more than 30 campuses, quelled outbursts from angry parents during a board meeting and ferreted out problems in the district she says need fixing. Fort Worth Board President Tobi Jackson said the leader is a “rare and special talent” and that there has been “exceptional communication with internal and external stakeholders” during the first month. But the issues she has identified in ju
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Las Vegas Trail group gets $30K from community foundation for food, parent engagement

An organization founded to support families and children in the Las Vegas Trail neighborhood as part of a revitalization effort is hiring additional staff and providing clothing and food donations to children after receiving a $30,000 grant from the Fund to Advance Racial Equity at North Texas Community Foundation. “We are grateful for the generous support and partnership we have with North Texas Community Foundation and are proud to be a recipient of this grant,” LVTRise Executive Director Pai
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