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Paths to Somewhere: How CTE Programs Help Students Find Their Future
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In 2013 the Texas legislature passed HB5 which required school boards to introduce career and technology education (CTE) options. By the 2020-21 school year, a more robust plan of study is being presented to meet the federal Strengthening CTE for...
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Celebrating the Completion of Comfort ISD’s 2019 Bond Projects
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As part of the Design-Build team with Bartlett Cocke General Contractors, Pfluger helped with the Comfort ISD district-wide improvements from the 2019 bond—including the original 1893 Comfort School, a Texas Historic Landmark.   In the late 1800s, about 40 years after founding...
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Transformative Design Can Affect Learning in the Most Unlikely Places
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Meaningful learning can take place in many places. Sure, students learn in a classroom. However, they can also learn from interactions on the playground, conversations in the cafeteria, or listening from the backseat of the car. Jessica Molter, Managing Principal...
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Construction Slated for New Westwood ISD Middle School
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On November 2, 2021, the voters of Westwood ISD passed a $38 million bond referendum. The largest project to come out of that bond is the additions and renovations to Westwood Junior High School and its conversion to a middle...
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Burleson ISD’s Classroom-less School
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In elementary school, I was always the quiet kid. No one really talked to me. I was just sort of there. Students like Dylan are in every school across the country. Bright, intelligent kids who don’t fit the mold of...
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Why Color on Campus Matters
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Understanding color’s biological reactions, subliminal meanings, and cultural influences is a tool for designers to establish the mood, purpose, and hierarchy of space. The Institute for Color Research says that individuals subconsciously judge people, environments, and products within ninety seconds—and...
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