Dallas ISD is joining forces with Fort Worth ISD and Univision DFW, to launch Unidos para Aprender (Together to Learn), 58-minutes of daily instruction in Spanish for students in grades pre-K through second grade. The segment will air Monday through Friday, from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m., on KSTR UniMas 49, Univision DFW’s local sister station beginning May 11. The three-way partnership seeks to support student academic progress by supplementing the at-home learning resources Dallas and Fort Worth ISDs are providing to Spanish-speaking families during the covid-19 pandemic. The programming will feature instructional content created and hosted by teachers from…

For the last 19 years, the supermarket chain based in San Antonio has honored outstanding professionals from Texas public schools. At a special May 5 ceremony of the Excellence in Education Awards program held on Zoom, H-E-B Food/Drug Stores President Scott McClelland credited the incredible progress Dallas ISD has made over the past five years. “DISD has done so many things well, you have really become the blueprint for what big urban school districts can achieve,” McClelland said. In accepting the award, Superintendent Michael Hinojosa credited the board of trustees, students, staff and community for working together to achieve great…

While stressing that the decision will depend on the future threat level of COVID-19 and recommendations of local and state public and health officials, Superintendent Michael Hinojosa said the district is planning for three different scenarios for when the 2020–2021 school year starts in August: All schools open Aug. 17 under normal conditions for in-school learning All students continue with the current at-home learning model The district opens with a blended model that combines some form of in-school and at-home learning Hinojosa said at a May 4 news briefing that some combination of in-school and at-home learning is the most…

Providing broadband Internet connectivity to all Dallas ISD families is a social justice issue that must be addressed, Superintendent Michael Hinojosa said at a May 4 news briefing. Dallas ranks number six in the country–and number one in Texas– of urban cities with families without fixed Internet access. And with the COVID-19 crisis making Internet connectivity necessary for everything from applying for jobs and seeing a doctor via telemedicine to taking class online or receiving important news, Hinojosa said he is personally invested in finding ways to ensure all Dallas families have access to broadband Internet service. “Having broadband Internet…