Students in the Dallas Independent School District made significant gains in fourth-grade math in the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as The Nation’s Report Card. Dallas’ gains outpaced those of the nation’s public schools and placed the district among the only three districts to see gains compared to 2013 results in that subject. Results for fourth- and eighth-grade reading held steady compared to the 2013 assessment. The results for the sampling of eighth-grade students who participated in the math assessment in 2015 registered a decline. This is the third time that Dallas ISD has participated in the Trial Urban…

There might be 10 months left until the start of next school year, but the Dallas ISD Human Capital Management department is already hard at work recruiting effective teachers for next August. Last week, HCM staff kicked off their effort to recruit bilingual teachers from outside the United States with a trip to Puerto Rico. More than 100 people signed up for interview slots in Puerto Rico, and HCM staff selected 26 candidates to move forward in the recruitment process. Dallas ISD recruiters are scheduled to travel to Spain and Mexico later in the school year. “There is a critical bilingual…

On Nov. 3, voters will weigh in on a proposed $1.6 billion bond for Dallas ISD that is anticipated to create nine new schools, 326 new classrooms, facilities for a variety of new educational programs, and facility improvements. Click here to see a map of the proposed Dallas ISD projects that are currently anticipated to be funded with bond proceeds. Based on certain assumptions regarding property values, interest rates, and other factors, the proposed bond is not anticipated to raise tax rates. The road to the proposed bond started back in 2013, when the district commissioned a study from an engineering…

Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa is hosting informal discussions with teachers and parents/community members in October and November. Attendees are invited to ask questions and provide feedback and suggestions at the meetings. Here is the schedule for the upcoming dialogue with teachers: And here is the schedule for the upcoming community conversations: Hinojosa will hold similar meetings across the district through May.