Trustees and Dallas ISD leadership say the seven district collegiate academies and P-TECH opening in August won’t just be a game changer for the schools and surrounding community. The program could have a noticeable positive impact on the entire city. The collegiate academies, which will apply to become early college high schools in December, will allow high school students, at no cost to them, to earn up to 60 hours of college credit or an associate’s degree. The collegiate academies will be “schools within schools,” meaning they will be a separate program inside existing high schools. “This will have a profoundly…

As part of Dallas ISD’s effort to provide choices for families, the district has been expanding its two-way dual-language program, which helps prepare students for success in the global workforce. Here is what to know about the two-way dual-language program. What is a two-way dual-language program? A two-way dual-language program puts Spanish-speaking and English-speaking students in the same classroom, teaches them the same curriculum in both languages, and creates bilingual, bicultural and biliterate students. Over the course of a day in a two-way dual-language classroom, Spanish-speaking and English-speaking students are taught together certain subjects (such as science) in Spanish and…

Dallas ISD is holding more than 10 public meetings to provide information and receive feedback on the proposed 2016–17 budget. All budget sessions are from 6–7:30 p.m. The meetings are: March 8 Arthur Kramer Elementary School, 7131 Midbury Dr. Dan D. Rogers Elementary School, 5314 Abrams Road March 9 Robert T. Hill Middle School, 505 Easton Road Seagoville Middle School, 950 Woody Road Eduardo Mata Elementary School, 7420 La Vista Dr. March 22 Billy Earl Dade Middle School, 2727 Al Lipscomb Way John Q. Adams Elementary School, 8239 Lake June Road March 23 Raul Quintanilla Sr. Middle School, 2700 Remond…

Geoffrey Canada, the former CEO of Harlem Children’s Zone who was profiled in the documentary “Waiting for Superman,” got a first-hand look Thursday at the great work happening at Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy. As the Dallas Morning News points out, Canada is a rock star in the national education world. Teachers at BOMLA were noticeably excited to see him as he toured the campus and saw classes in action. Canada visited BOMLA to see how the campus is closing the achievement gap for students of color from low-income families. In speaking on education, he credited the great teachers who,…