Armadillo Xmas 2019


Have you ever experienced a moment where you stop, look at your life and realize that it’s wildly different than you could have ever imagined? Maybe you live in a state you never thought you’d ...
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It’s becoming increasingly rare to find undeveloped land for lease in Austin, so when Max Elliott found a city-owned plot not yet claimed, he jumped at the chance to use the land in a way that ...
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Driving up the road to Austin Discovery School during the school year, you’re likely to see gaggles of kids with wheelbarrows, shovels, hoses and hoes. You also might see a bunny named Rusty being ...
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Photo Above: Sustainable Food Center Apiary with Brandon Fehrenkamp of Austin Bees and Tara Chapman of Two Hives Honey. Move over schoolyard-bird wranglers. If nonprofits Whole Kids Foundation ...
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As educators know, teaching is easiest and most effective when learning feels like play. Some lessons, like grammar, may be harder to turn into games, but other lessons can easily become adventures ...

The smell of onion, garlic and spices fills my noisy and chaotic school cafeteria during lunchtime. Today in my lunch, I have basmati rice and a lentil soup with vegetables called dhal. Whenever I ...

The TRA Brings Cooking Back to School Remember fellow students who secretly wanted to take Home Economics in high school but feared ridicule? Kids today don’t have that problem, at least not if ...