Author: The Hub

Teachers and administrators from the seven Acellerating Campus Excellence (ACE) campuses were back in school a week early to participate in trainings designed to give them new strategies for classroom success. The sessions at Billy Earl Dade Middle School focused on new technologies, new skills to motivate students, and new tools to help close the achievement gap. The increased support for teachers in the Accelerating Campus Excellence (ACE) schools is designed to bring the schools, all of which were designated as “Improvement Required” by the Texas Education Agency for several consecutive years prior to the start of the initiative, up to…

Dallas ISD will set up a back-to-school hotline to answer concerns and questions that arise during the first week of classes, starting Monday, Aug. 22, the first day of school. The parent hotline will address school-related concerns and ease the confusion often associated with the first week of school. Parents may call the hotline at (972) 925-5437 (KIDS) on Monday, Aug. 22, through Friday, Aug. 26, to receive information about enrollment, bus routes, immunization requirements, school location, hours of operation, and more. The hotline will operate in English and Spanish. Hotline hours are: 22–23: 7 a.m.–5 p.m. 24–26: 7:30 a.m.–5…

Dallas ISD’s summer graduation is happening Tuesday, Aug. 9, and the event will see about 320 students will get their diplomas. The ceremony is scheduled for Jesse Owens Memorial Complex at the Ellis Davis Field House, 9191 S. Polk St., at 7 p.m.

As families across Dallas prepare for the first day of school, parents that are sending their little ones off to kindergarten often face an emotional roller coaster—joy, anxiety, excitement, apprehension—and it’s all completely normal, according to multiple Dallas ISD teachers. The Hub talked with three Dallas ISD teachers to get tips that could help parents and their students transition into “big kid school,” beginning before class even starts. Before the First Day Vaccinate: Remember to get your child all the necessary vaccinations for the first day of school. All schools require updated vaccination and health records for every students. You can find…

Results are back from the state’s 2016 STAAR 3-8 and STAAR End of Course (EOC) exams. Transformation Schools and Innovation Schools, which are under the district’s Public School Choice (PSC) initiative, showed overall positive gains in student achievement. These positive results are an early sign that the district’s PSC initiative is helping to improve student outcomes by offering an array of high-quality, specialized academic models which tap into individual student interests, learning styles, and aspirations. The full achievement report, which can be found here, includes several analyses that “slice” the data in different ways. Each analysis shows numerous examples of…

As students prepare to return to class on Monday, Aug. 22, Dallas ISD cafeterias will be hard at work to create recipes for success when it comes to school meals. “We are looking forward to welcoming students back to school to savor new and favorite flavors at breakfast, lunch and supper this year,” said Margaret Lopez, Executive Director of Dallas ISD’s Food and Child Nutrition Services. Once again, all students receive full meals at no charge under the Community Eligibility Provision. And those meals begin with Breakfast in the Classroom. Food Services personnel deliver meals to elementary and middle classrooms,…

In preparation for the start of school on Monday, Aug. 22, Superintendent Michael Hinojosa shared some words with parents of Dallas ISD students. See what Hinojosa had to say in the above video.

Eight Dallas Independent School District campuses are among 500 high schools nationwide honored by Newsweek for preparing students at an economic disadvantage for college. According to the magazine, Newsweek “evaluates schools on a broad range of criteria in order to identify schools that excel at preparing students for college and overcome the obstacles posed by socioeconomic inequality.” The following Dallas ISD campuses were recognized for “Beating The Odds,” along with their respective rankings: School of Science and Engineering – No. 5 Irma L. Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School – No. 10 School for the Talented and Gifted – No. 23 Trinidad “Trini” Garza Early…

Data released today by the Texas Education Agency shows that 210 (91 percent) of Dallas Independent School District campuses met state standards, up from 190 schools in 2015 and 184 schools in 2014. In all four categories calculated by the TEA—student achievement, student progress, closing performance gaps and postsecondary readiness—Dallas ISD outperformed thresholds set by the state. The district’s official rating for 2016 from TEA is “Met Standard. Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa said the accountability results are more evidence that the district is headed in the right direction. “Our teachers, principals, and staff can take pride in the work they…

Woodrow Wilson High School’s librarian, Valerie Tagoe, is pushing for library excellence. Tagoe was awarded the S. Janice Key Continuing Education Award from the Texas Woman’s University School of Library and Information Science this past April. The $500 award encourages professionals to continue education and development. The award helped Tagoe attend two state and national level librarian conferences as a presenter. She also had the pleasure of being selected to attend the first ever Texas Library Association Executive Leadership Program in Austin this August. Participants were selected to attend the Leadership Program through an application process that centered on a focus…