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On Thursday night, the North Dallas High School football team will face off in its first playoff game since 1952 when they take on the top-ranked team in the state: Argyle High School. The Bulldogs haven’t taken a traditional route to the playoffs. But regardless of the journey, Coach Bobby Estes and his team are practicing hard and ready for this shot against a football powerhouse. “The journey this year isn’t what we expected, but it’s been a great allegory for life,” Estes said. “The kids have been resilient and faced this year with perseverance. As a result, they have…

Mientras la legislatura de Texas se prepara para comenzar su 87ª sesión, el Distrito Escolar Independiente de Dallas apoya la legislación que protege y amplía nuestra capacidad de seguir proporcionando las mejores opciones educativas posibles a nuestros 153,000 estudiantes. Las prioridades clave incluyen el financiamiento y el apoyo a nuestras cuatro iniciativas estratégicas principales: EQUIDAD RACIAL: Fomentar los esfuerzos del distrito para nivelar las condiciones académicas de los estudiantes afroamericanos y los estudiantes que están aprendiendo inglés al aumentar la conexión a Internet en las comunidades menos favorecidas; ampliar el acceso a los programas “magnet” y de “opción”; llevar a…

As the Texas legislature gears up to begin its 87th session, the Dallas Independent School District is supporting legislation that protects and expands our ability to continue providing the best possible educational options to our 153,000 students. Key priorities include funding and support for our top four strategic initiatives: RACIAL EQUITY: Furthering the district’s efforts to level the academic playing field for Black students and English learners by increasing internet connectivity in underserved communities; expanding access to magnet and choice programs; conducting districtwide cultural intelligence training, increasing enrollment in pre-advanced placement courses and making course curriculums more culturally relevant. EARLY…

Military veterans are an integral part of the district staff. They serve in virtually every capacity, from the maintenance teams and financial management staff to school administrators and teachers. Applying skills and discipline learned as service men and women, veterans make a positive difference in district operations. On this Veterans Day, be sure to show your appreciation to a veteran for their service to the country and Dallas ISD. Commending the district’s veterans, Superintendent Michael Hinojosa said Dallas ISD is fortunate to count hundreds of military veterans at all levels of district staff. “These national heroes and heroines bring to…

Los veteranos militares son una parte integral del personal del distrito. Ocupan una gran variedad de puestos, desde mantenimiento y finanzas hasta administración y docencia. Los veteranos mejoran las operaciones del distrito aplicando las habilidades y la disciplina que aprendieron durante su servicio militar. Este Día de los Veteranos, muestre su aprecio a los veteranos por su servicio a este país y a Dallas ISD. Durante un discurso en el que elogió a los veteranos, el superintendente Hinojosa dijo que Dallas ISD tiene la suerte de contar con cientos de veteranos en todos los rangos del personal del distrito. “Estos…

Dallas ISD’s Minority/Women Business Enterprise Department, in partnership with the Dallas/Fort Worth Minority Supplier Development Council, is hosting the Independent School District Buyer & Vendor Networker (Virtual ISD Day).  Although social distancing has disrupted business-as-usual, the district is committed to making meaningful connections and creating impactful growth. Joining Dallas ISD in this effort are schools throughout the state including Arlington, Austin, Carrollton-Farmers Branch, Fort Bend, Fort Worth, Garland, Irving and San Antonio ISDs, as well as Dallas College and the University of North Texas System. Dallas ISD is committed to informing minority and women-owned businesses about how to do business…

As the application season for the 2021 – 2022 school year opens, Dallas ISD launched a centralized, user-friendly application system. The enrollment period for applying to Dallas ISD schools launched Saturday and is open until Sunday, Jan. 31. What changed? “We received a lot of feedback that (the system we were using) wasn’t friendly to parents, that there were too many processes, that parents had to go to a lot of different places to get things done for transferring or applying to a magnet school or to a choice school,” said Brian Lusk, Dallas ISD chief of strategic initiatives. “We…

Luego de haber proporcionado aparatos de internet inalámbrico a aproximadamente 33,000 familias del distrito y ordenado 10,000 aparatos más para cumplir con las necesidades más inmediatas del aprendizaje virtual, el distrito se enfocará ahora en encontrar soluciones permanentes para las familias que más lo necesiten. Dallas es la sexta urbe en el país y la primera en Texas con el mayor número de familias sin acceso a internet en casa. Ya que la pandemia causó que la conexión a internet fuera necesaria para todo, desde la educación y la atención médica hasta el empleo, los oficiales del distrito dijeron que…

The Language, Literacy, and Social Studies (and friends) departments came together to provide a virtual conference for teachers and staff on October 24, 2020. In these unprecedented times, organizers said it was very meaningful to have a virtual conference available on a Saturday as an opportunity to hear from several noted experts about their research that is directly applicable to the challenges educators face every day. Organizers said participants benefited both from keynote speakers addressing the whole conference and from being able to choose from mini-sessions that were most interesting to them. Here is some of the feedback organizers received…

Los estudiantes, el personal escolar, los padres y la comunidad en general de John Ireland Elementary School se dirigieron a casillas de votación instaladas en el gimnasio el 2 de noviembre para tomar una decisión importante: el activista y respetable líder humanitario cuyo nombre debería llevar la escuela. Los estudiantes y el personal escolar han estado trabajando los dos últimos meses para identificar cuatro posibles héroes humanitarios cuyos nombres podrían ser considerados. Bajo el proceso Public School Choice 6.0, Ireland se convirtió en un plantel con aprendizaje expedicionario este año con un enfoque en los derechos humanos. El nombre actual de…