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Dallas-Fort Worth Airport gains a coworking space with standing desks

This is a desk you can stand up to.

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A company known for stand-up desks is making an interesting expansion that will potentially benefit travelers going through Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

Varidesk, which makes height-adjustable standing desks that are designed to promote a healthier and more productive workspace, installed a free, unique coworking space in at DFW Airport in Terminal C.

The space was installed in 24 hours and features Varidesk groupings of standing desk workstations, casual meeting tables, 75 power hubs for charging, and free WiFi.

There is even a private space featuring movable walls and a conference table for groups to meet and work together.

The space is designed for business travelers to accomplish work quickly and efficiently.

Varidesk marketing rep Sean Scogin notes in a release that business travelers are often "left out of the office workspace equation."

"Our new coworking space at DFW Airport is a great way to make the most of their time at the airport and also gives us a way to showcase our brand by letting customers touch, feel, and experience our active workspaces," he says.

Is calling this a coworking space perhaps taking liberties with the definition of coworking space? Would "marketing tool" be a more accurate label? Maybe. But "coworking" is more hip. (In fact, it's hip enough to warrant posting the release here.)

And there is some value in that they're letting people try out their desks for free. Besides, if people are working in the space alongside other people who are working, then it's coworking, right?

Varidesk's "Active Workspace at DFW Airport" is the first of its kind and the company is looking at adding additional ~~marketing tools~~ coworking spaces in other airports across the country.

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5 Dallas high schools rank among America's best in 2025, per U.S. News

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The School for the Talented and Gifted in Dallas ISD is the 9th best high school in the country, and the top high school in Texas.

Five prestigious Dallas-area high schools are living up to their reputations for top-tier education after being ranked among the best high schools in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report's just-released annual rankings.

Three high schools in Dallas Independent School District - The School for the Talented and Gifted, Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School, and the School of Science and Engineering - also clocked in as the top three best high schools in Texas.

U.S. News annually evaluates about 24,000 public high schools on six factors: college readiness, college curriculum breadth, state assessment proficiency, state assessment performance, underserved student performance, and graduation rates. New for this year's batch of rankings, U.S. News discontinued its list of top magnet schools, citing a lack of new data from source Common Core of Data. The national best STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and charter schools rankings were unaffected.

Topping the 2025 list of best U.S. high schools is BASIS Tuscon North, a charter school in Tuscon, Arizona.

DISD's The School for the Talented and Gifted appeared as the 9th best high school in the U.S., and No. 1 in Texas. The school had been ranked No. 6 nationally since 2023. TAG also ranked 33rd nationally among the best STEM high schools, down from No. 21 in 2024.

Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School claimed the No. 2 spot statewide and ranked No. 15 nationally this year, up from No. 23 nationwide in 2024.

School of Science and Engineering rounded out the statewide top three and moved up into No. 23 in the national list of best high schools (up from No. 29 last year). In the national rankings of best STEM schools, SEM ranked 46 overall, down from No. 37 last year.

"Students and families need data to help them make one of the most important decisions of their academic journey. Our Best High Schools rankings provide the insights to help them identify schools that will prepare students for college success," said U.S. News managing editor for education LaMont Jones, Ed.D., in a press release. "Access to information isn't just helpful — it's essential for planning a student's future."

The two additional Dallas-area schools that earned spots in the nationwide top 100 were Grand Prairie Collegiate Institute (No. 54) and Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet (No. 84). GPCI dropped from its former No. 30 spot in 2024, and the Law Magnet moved up one spot from last year's national ranking. In the ranking of best Texas high schools, GPCI ranked 6th while the Law Magnet ranked 9th.

High schools across Dallas-Fort Worth that earned top-100 spots in the Texas-wide list
Other Dallas-Fort Worth schools that rank among Texas' 100 best are:

No. 13 – School of Health Professions, Dallas ISD
No. 14 – Westlake Academy, Westlake
No. 23 – Trinidad Garza Early College at Mt. View, Dallas ISD
No. 24 – Imagine International Academy of North Texas, McKinney
No. 25 – World Languages Institute, Fort Worth
No. 26 – Uplift Education-North Hills Prep High School, Irving
No. 34 – Young Women's Leadership Academy, Fort Worth ISD
No. 35 – Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy, Grand Prairie ISD
No. 36 – Highland Park High School, Highland Park ISD
No. 37 – Booker T. Washington SPVA, Dallas ISD
No. 41 – Rosie Sorrells Education and Social Services High School, Dallas ISD
No. 45 – James M. Steele Accelerated High School, Northwest ISD, Roanoke
No. 46 – Marvin E. Robinson School of Business and Management, Dallas ISD
No. 47 – Founders Classical Academy - Frisco
No. 50 – Dr. Wright L. Lassiter Jr. Early College High School, Dallas ISD
No. 58 – Cedar Hill Collegiate High School, Cedar Hill ISD
No. 61 – Reedy High School, Frisco ISD
No. 62 – Coppell High School, Coppell ISD
No. 65 – Lovejoy High School, Lovejoy ISD, Lucas
No. 69 – Liberty High School, Frisco ISD
No. 70 – Independence High School, Frisco ISD
No. 74 – Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy, Dallas ISD
No. 78 – Centennial High School, Frisco ISD
No. 81 – Founders Classical Academy, Lewisville
No. 85 – Uplift Grand High School, Grand Prairie
No. 98 – Uplift Infinity High School, Irving
No. 100 – North Lake Early College High School, Dallas ISD

Other Texas high schools that rank among the best in the U.S.
These six additional Texas high schools made it into U.S. News' national list of the top 100 high schools for 2025-2026:

Austin ISD’s Liberal Arts and Science Academy, No. 36 (up from No. 38 last year). LASA also ranked No. 74 nationally among the best STEM high schools.
Houston ISD’s Carnegie Vanguard High School, No. 42 (down from No. 31 last year).
BASIS San Antonio - Shavano Campus, No. 58 (up from No. 64 last year). The Shavano Campus also ranked No. 18 nationally among the best STEM high schools and No. 14 nationally among the best charter high schools.
Houston ISD’s DeBakey High School for Health Professions, No. 75 (down from No. 70 last year).
Lubbock ISD's Talkington School for Young Women Leaders, No. 95 (up from No. 105 last year).
San Antonio ISD's Young Women's Leadership Academy, No. 98 (up from No. 106 last year).

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