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Nonprofit leaders tour Titche Elementary to see the transformational power of the ACE program
0As Damien Stovall walked the halls of Edward Titche Elementary School along with fellow education and nonprofit leaders, he reflected on the school’s journey from a low-performing campus facing closure to a Blue Ribbon school. Titche underwent a tremendous transformation starting in 2017 as part of the Accelerating Campus Excellence initiative, which incentivizes high-performing teachers and campus leaders to voluntarily work at low-performing schools. Stovall, who served as principal at Titche and is now an executive director, joined the current Titche principal, Jazmune Jenkins, in leading a tour with the Commit Partnership to showcase how the school was transformed under…
Tatum Elementary is a model for engaged student learning
0Dallas ISD is proud to be home to outstanding neighborhood schools like Tatum Elementary. Discover more about our neighborhood campuses at the Discover Neighborhood Schools events on April 9 and April 23. Learn more here. The students sit together, eyes glued to their teacher, watching and listening closely as she explains today’s objective: They are learning the sounds of letters. Their eyes follow her movements as the demonstrates how they will succeed. They listen intently, then repeat after her. Now, she has them turn to a partner and explain, with charade-like movement, what they will learn and how. They move…
Carter High’s Special Olympics Team is living their hoop dreams
0Eleven Dallas ISD teams – four middle schools and seven high schools – participated this year in Special Olympics basketball activities. Special Olympics is a year-round sports training program for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Event divisions are based on age, gender, and ability level, to give the athletes an equal chance to win and to promote fair play. Pictured here are athletes from one of the district’s veteran teams, Carter High School, which has been participating in Special Olympics basketball for 10 years. They are coached by Rachel Ingram, functional living skills special education teacher, and her paraprofessional,…
Trustees approve multiple school name changes
0The Dallas ISD Board of Trustees approved multiple name changes at the March 24 meeting. The name changes went into immediate effect. The approved name changes are: FORMER NAME NEW NAME School of Business and Management at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center Marvin E. Robinson School of Business and Management at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Sarah Zumwalt Middle School Dr. Frederick Douglass Todd Sr. Middle School Robert L. Thornton Elementary School Otto M. Fridia Elementary School William Hawley Atwell Law Academy Judge Louis A. Bedford, Jr. Law Academy Bryan Adams High School Bryan Adams High School Leadership Academy n/a…