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By Valeria Olivares and Carly Flandro Education May 7, 2024 Pro-Palestinian protesters return to UT Dallas for prayer, urging change ...
Olivares, a freelance journalist from the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez region, will start a two-year fellowship with the Ed Lab in December after she graduates from the University of Texas at El Paso.
Education Lab reporter Valeria Olivares teamed up with Carly Flandro from Idaho Education News to explore how some schools are finding solutions. “I can be mom and teacher in the same breath ...
(Valeria Olivares) A Lewisville ISD teacher has resigned, the district said, after being placed on administrative leave because a prominent conservative social media account posted a video of him ...
High school students place the phases of a solar eclipse in order during a relay race at Dallas Academy on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. The activity was part of a curriculum specifically designed for ...
Valeria is an engagement reporter for The Dallas Morning News Education Lab. She was born in El Paso and raised across the border in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
When Christina Zimmerman returned to teaching last year after maternity leave, she grappled with postpartum depression that she says could have led to quitting her job. This story also appeared in ...