To help mitigate student learning loss, Dallas ISD and KERA are partnering to create and produce “Summer Bridge to Math Success” to bring valuable at-home learning instruction to families across North Texas. KERA TV will feature recorded lessons from nearly 150 Dallas ISD math teachers weekdays from noon to 2:30 p.m., beginning Monday, July 6 and continuing through Friday, Aug. 7. During this time, teachers will provide targeted, engaging math instruction – with two-minute breaks between the lessons – for students from kindergarten to eighth grade. “We are thankful for and excited about this KERA partnership to help reach thousands…

From live streamed physical education activities to virtual music classes, the Dallas ISD Summer Enrichment webpage is keeping students engaged in a variety of fun, engaging ways over the summer. “The goal is to provide programs that intersect with students’ passions so we can ignite their desire to learn, even over the summer months,” said Tim Linley, Executive Director of Academic Enrichment and Support. “We want to curate activities that connect with students through engaging opportunities for them to remain excited about learning.” The webpage provides weekly virtual lessons and activities in a variety of topics: Fun & Fitness Choice…

New and more efficient security technology, 14 new replacement school buildings, 10 new facilities, renovated natatoriums and school-community hubs were among the highlights of an update to the proposed 2020 bond program presented to the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees in June. The presentation reflected recommendations from  trustees at their February meeting, comments and input from the 100-plus-member  Citizens Bond Steering Committee and participants at  three virtual community meetings held in May. The updated plan detailed the addition of $20 million  for technology improvements  to enhance internet connectivity for students and teachers working from locations other than schools.  A total…

The Texas Education Agency, in collaboration with other Texas departments, sent six trailers of supplies–such as thermometers, masks, face shields, and plexiglass–for Dallas ISD schools to use for a possible reopening. Warehouse and maintenance personnel unloaded more than 120 pallets at the William H. Cotton Service Center on Friday. June 19. The supplies included 228,000 gallons of hand sanitizer, 966,000 disposable surgical masks, 531,000 (non-medical) fabric masks, 1,152 electronic thermometers and almost 19,000 face-shields. Dallas ISD has developed a handbook of campus-reentry safety protocols that may be implemented at every campus during the 2020-2021 school year.