The $1.25 million grant will award six students per year a scholarship that covers nearly 100% of their in-state tuition and other fees, including textbooks and housing. Better yet, the scholarship doesn't require students to commit to teaching in Texas out of college.

LaShanta Mire's daughter was, at least on paper, thriving at her public school in Fort Worth, Texas. Her grades were good but the child's assessments told a different story.

Idaho school districts have for decades struggled to fix or replace their aging, deteriorating schools and build new ones to accommodate the state's rapid growth.

The new clinic is available to all high schoolers within the Salt Lake City School District, as long as they have parental consent—including middle schoolers at West High's magnet program.