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Twenty years ago, Martha Mouret arrived in Texas from Mexico City, not knowing any English. In just one year, she learned English while attending Texas Tech University. She graduated with a triple major and went on to work as an assistant director in the Diversity and Community Engagement Department at Texas Tech. “I was able to see firsthand the discrepancy between the numbers of minority students in K-12 and the number of students in higher education,” she said. “Those numbers do not match. There are a lot of students, especially Hispanic students, who do not make it to college or…

Hace veinte años, Martha Mouret llegó a Texas desde Ciudad de México sin hablar inglés. En tan solo un año, aprendió el idioma mientras estudiaba en Texas Tech University. Estudió tres carreras y luego de graduarse, obtuvo un trabajo como directora adjunta del Departamento de Diversidad y Participación Comunitaria de la universidad. “Pude ver de primera mano la discrepancia entre el número de estudiantes de minorías en kínder a 12o grado y el número que hay en la educación superior”, dijo Mouret. “Estos números no coinciden. Hay muchos estudiantes, sobre todo hispanos, que no logran ir a la universidad o…

Dallas ISD recently announced a teacher retention incentive for the 2022-2023 school year that ranges from $2,500 to $3,500, depending on the teacher’s effectiveness level. This incentive is one of the many initiatives Dallas ISD’s Human Capital Management has been implementing to retain and recruit the best staff for Dallas students. Non-teaching staff who return for the 2022-2023 school year will also receive an incentive of $2,500. Through the years, the district’s teacher retention efforts have proven successful. Each year, the Texas Education Agency publishes data on teacher attrition through the Texas Performance Reporting System (TPRS) and Texas Academic Performance…

It’s often said that Vickery Meadow is a melting pot of people and cultures in Dallas, and if that is so, Lee A. McShan Jr. Elementary School is a pot within a melting pot.  Students from around the world – many of them immigrants or refugees – attend the school, said fourth-grade teacher Arianna Zeb, who is helping her students learn about their heritage and envision their future. “Many families at McShan are from countries such as Burma, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Malaysia, Afghanistan, and Nepal,” Zeb said.   Zeb was recently awarded her second Innovative Teaching Grant from the Junior…

El Departamento de Salud y Educación Física motivó al personal, los estudiantes y las familias a participar en el Oncor Kids Race 2021 el sábado, 11 de diciembre, como parte de la iniciativa Dallas ISD on the Move. Esta fue una oportunidad comunitaria para las escuelas de Dallas ISD que se elaboró para fomentar la actividad física diaria. Gracias a la colaboración con varios socios comunitarios, Dallas ISD pudo participar en este evento de increíbles experiencias y momentos inolvidables para miles de estudiantes. Cerca de 4000 estudiantes participaron en la carrera, además de muchos más familiares y miembros del personal…

More than 800 students from 42 schools competed in the UIL A+ Middle School Hybrid Academic Competition held on December 11. The academic events included in the online competition were calculator applications, chess, dictionary skills, listening, maps-graphs-charts, math, number sense, science and social studies, and spelling.  The in-person events were oral reading, ready writing, editorial writing, modern oratory, and impromptu speaking.  Top students will receive ribbons for each event.  Ribbons will be sent via district mail. The top-performing schools from each group are listed in the chart below. The campuses that had the most students ranked first or second on…

In the spirit of keeping “Dallas ISD On the Move,” the Health and Physical Education Department encouraged staff, students and families to participate in the 2021 Oncor Kids Race on Saturday, Dec. 11.  This event provided an opportunity to engage Dallas ISD schools in a community activity that was developed to promote the importance of physical fitness and daily physical activity. As a result of our collaboration with several community partners, Dallas ISD was able to participate in an event that created amazing experiences and lifelong memories for thousands of district students.  About 4,000 students ran in the Oncor Kids Race,…

Marian Jones, guardia de cruce peatonal de Lakewood Elementary School, saluda a todos los estudiantes y a muchos padres por su nombre cuando pasan por el transitado cruce de Sondra Drive y Hillbrook Street. Jones es parte de un equipo de guardias de cruce peatonal y voluntarios con un sentido de comunidad que va más allá de garantizar la llegada y salida segura de los alumnos de la escuela. “Uno no sabe por lo que están pasando los demás”, dijo Jones. “Intento hacerles sentir bien, darles esperanza e inspirarlos. Independientemente de lo que esté pasando en su vida, todo va…

Marian Jones, a Lakewood Elementary crossing guard, greets every student and many parents by name as they walk through the busy intersection of Sondra Drive and Hillbrook Street.  Jones is just one example of a team of crossing guards and volunteers with a deeply ingrained sense of community that goes beyond ensuring the safe arrival and departure of Lakewood Elementary scholars.  “Some people, you don’t know what they’re going through,” Jones said. “I try to make them feel good and keep hope alive and inspire them. Whatever you’re going through, from the house to here, it’s going to be OK.…

La Fundación Educativa de Dallas (DEF) se enorgullece de anunciar el primer Discretionary Grant Cycle, un programa de subvenciones para departamentos y escuelas de Dallas ISD y organizaciones del área que colaboran actualmente con el distrito. A partir de ahora y hasta el 14 de enero, DEF estará aceptando cartas de solicitud para este programa que crea mayores oportunidades para los estudiantes y maestros en todo Dallas ISD. Se estima que las subvenciones sean de entre $25,000 y $100,000. Desde su reinicio a finales de 2019, DEF ha solidificado su capacidad financiera y administrativa. Como resultado, ha desarrollado un sistema…