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UNI alumna Jennifer Stimpson, EdD., has taught a girls’ leadership class in Uganda while living with no Wi-Fi; took a star turn in Oprah’s “O” magazine being recognized as a STEM visionary, won a $10,000 inspiration grant from former basketball superstar Michael Jordan’s Fundamentals Grant Program, and now serves as an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Congressional Fellow in Washington, D.C.
So what could be the next step in her amazing career, first as a chemist and now a renowned chemistry teacher?
As the nation slowly emerges from the coronavirus pandemic, Stimpson, pictured on the right, says she wants to help with an urgent and vitally important task: To “completely reimagine” teaching.
To Kleber, everything seemed so surreal when the NBA stopped play a year ago Mar 11, 2021 Dwain Price
It was March 11, 2020, when everything seemed so out of place and so surreal to Dallas Mavericks forward/center Maxi Kleber.
At the time, the Mavs were in the middle of a home game against the Denver Nuggets when word came from the NBA that this would be their last game because the season was going to take a 30-day hiatus. Those poignant words were uttered after – three hours to the north of Dallas – Utah center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19 as his team was preparing to play the Oklahoma City Thunder.
14 Dallas County campuses temporarily halted in-person learning this school year due to COVID-19
Vague policies dictate when districts close down campuses for the coronavirus.
Caillet Elementary was one of 14 Dallas County campuses that had to halt in-person learning because of COVID-19 this school year. (Brandon Wade/Special Contributor)(Brandon Wade / Special Contributor)
Takeitha Thorn said it was an easy decision to send her son Zach back to Coppell High School for his junior year in early October. Zach struggles with attention deficit disorder and needs to learn in person to avoid distractions that otherwise derail his studies.
At the time, less than one-third of Coppell’s students attended school in person. Positive coronavirus cases were low but rising in Texas and numbers remained low on campuses.
With Gov. Greg Abbott’s statewide mask mandate ending next week, some school districts are likely to face contentious discussions about whether to continue requiring masks in schools.