Regardless of one’s race, gender or background, everyone has unconscious bias. It’s a fact, says Aaron Joseph, a member of the professional development team conducting teacher training on cultural intelligence (CQ).  “All individuals and all systems have bias,” according to Joseph, who is passionate in his approach to helping educators become more aware of and better able to manage their bias, so they are more effective teaching students from diverse backgrounds. This week, he helped lead a session on the topic for the first cohort of Black male teachers hired as part of the district’s commitment to increase equity and…

As seasonal sports like basketball and soccer begin to ramp up, the Dallas ISD Athletics Department is outlining its spectator guidelines for winter sports, while Dallas County risk levels for COVID-19 remain high. Safety is the guiding principle behind these new measures to help prevent possible transmission among student-athletes, coaching staff, and the greater community. Various spectator levels will limit seating capacities for basketball, soccer, and swimming/diving based on if the county’s current risk level at a given time. Basketball and swimming fans will be limited to only two tickets per uniformed player or coach, and no tickets will be…

Campuses are saluting their 2020 teachers of the year for devotion and dedication to their students and colleagues. The Teacher of the Year selection process provides campuses the opportunity to showcase their most effective teachers. See the list of the campus teachers of the year here. “It is truly inspiring to see these amazing educators be recognized by their peers for their work in this unusual year, and we are proud to honor the best-of-the-best in Dallas ISD,” said Dr. Cynthia Wilson, Chief of Human Capital. The campus teachers of the year are being honored for their work maximizing growth…

The Texas-based nonprofit Children at Risk ranks eight Dallas ISD schools in the Top 10 Best Public High Schools in North Texas. Due to the pandemic, this report focused on the past three years of available data to determine the consistency and resiliency of schools and districts before COVID-19. The Dallas ISD high schools ranked in the top 10 are: Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School Trinidad “Trini” Garza Early College at Mountain View School of Health Professions at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center Dr. Wright L. Lassiter Jr. Early College High School at El Centro College School of Business and Management at Yvonne…