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Parents pleased that students could weigh in on teacher effectiveness (video)
0As Dallas ISD continues to redefine teacher evaluation, one of the most talked-about pieces of the Teacher Excellence Initiative is the student-perception surveys. Students took grade-level and age-appropriate surveys to determine what they found were the most-effective qualities of their teachers. See what a few Dallas ISD parents think about the district allowing their children to have a voice in the process. This was the first year for the student surveys.
TAG again named best high school in United States
0The School for the Talented and Gifted at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center (TAG) has been named the best high school in the nation for the fourth consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report. TAG was joined in the top 10 of the annual rankings by the School for Science and Engineering, which earned the No. 5 spot. Overall, 13 Dallas ISD campuses, including six based at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center, received gold, silver or bronze medals in the magazine’s Best High Schools rankings. The School for the Talented and Gifted at Townview also earned the magazine’s top honor in 2012,…
Dallas ISD School Board Trustee vote results
0Edwin Flores, Dan Micciche and Bernadette Nutall won their school board races on Saturday evening. Flores will represent District 1, Micciche will continue to represent District 3, and Nutall will continue to represent District 9. Trustees are elected to serve three-year terms of office.
Seven Dallas ISD students receive coveted Gates Scholarship
0To be singled out among 57,000 of the nation’s high school graduates as a recipient of the prestigious Gates Millennium Scholarship is a monumental accomplishment for any student. Even more impressive is to have seven students from one school district chosen among this coveted group. The Gates Millennium Scholars Program recently announced that seven Dallas ISD students were selected to receive full scholarships to any accredited college or university of their choice located in the U.S. The scholarships are good through graduation, meaning they are renewable based on program guidelines throughout a student’s higher educational pursuits—from the undergraduate to the master and doctoral…