Dallas ISD is partnering with the University of North Texas Dallas in effort to recruit more males of color to teaching as a profession. UNTD’s initiatives in this area includes the UNTD School of Education’s THRIVE (Teach Hope Respond Inspire Value and Empower), as well as a recent partnership with Call Me Mister, a 20-year-old national program started by Dr. Roy Jones at Clemson University. The mission of the Call Me MISTER® (acronym for Mentors Instructing Students Toward Effective Role Models) Initiative is to increase the pool of available teachers from a broader more diverse background. The purpose of this partnership between…

Rosa Yabur Holguin is combining her teaching talents and her Instagram following to brighten up the holidays for dozens of children in Dallas. Holguin has been a Dallas ISD educator for the last four years and is currently teaching at a Dallas ISD Pre-K Partner Site called For Keep’s Sake Learning Center. “Ms. Holguin is an amazing human being,” said Maria Molinares, principal of Dallas ISD Pre-K Partnerships. “She started planning for Christmas since the pandemic started and was determined to make this Holiday season special for many students in Dallas..” View this post on Instagram A post…

Dallas ISD will continue offering free curbside meals to all children ages 1-18 during the winter break. The pickup dates are Dec. 21 and Dec. 28 from 11 a.m.–4:30 p.m., or until supplies last. The pickup locations are: Young Women’s STEAM Academy at Balch Springs Middle School Benjamin Franklin Middle School Emmett J. Conrad High School (Dec. 28 only) Leonides G. Cigarroa Elementary School David Carter High School Molina High School L.G. Pinkston High School Roosevelt High School (Dec. 28 only) Skyline High School South Oak Cliff High School Sunset High School George W. Truett Elementary School Wilmer-Hutchins High School…

For the past several years, a task force of educators within Dallas ISD has been focused on creating supports for students, teachers and campuses within the district in hopes of building enrollment, increasing Advanced Placement (AP) coursework and heightening achievement. That work has taken on even more importance since the passage last spring of the Board of Trustee’s resolution to address inequities for Black students and English Learners on issues ranging from over-representation in discipline statistics to under-representation in Advanced Placement classes and talented and gifted programming. Of the 13,449 students enrolled in at least one AP course, 2,101, or…