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Two new choice schools putting innovation into practice
0Imagine starting a completely new kind of school where the experiences will be unprecedented for both students and teachers. Even after only one week, the two new Dallas ISD Choice Schools—the Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship Academy at James W. Fannin and the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) Middle School at D.A. Hulcy—are making it work. Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship Academy at James W. Fannin It’s the first Friday morning of the school year at the Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship Academy at James W. Fannin, and the ninth-graders are quietly moving from one class to the next. Instead of a bell…
Two Dallas ISD schools ranked among nation’s best in college readiness
0Two Dallas Independent School District campuses are among the nation’s 500 best high school schools for college readiness, according to Newsweek. The School for the Talented and Gifted was ranked No. 36, while the School of Science and Engineering was listed as No. 229. Both campuses, housed at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center, earned high marks for the percentage of students that demonstrate college readiness, as well as graduation rate and the percentage of students that are college bound. According to the magazine, Newsweek “evaluates schools on a broad range of criteria in order to identify schools that excel…
Harllee reopens for district’s youngest learners
0The N.W. Harllee School first began serving the Dallas community in 1928. As a cost saving measure in 2012, the school closed for what seemed to be the final time. But this year, the N.W. Harllee Early Childhood Center opened on the first day of school to classes full of three- and four-year-olds, and loads of community support. Since its opening 87 years ago, the school has educated students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Many of those former students still live in the South Dallas community where Harllee is located, as new Principal Onjaleke Brown soon discovered. During a…
Interim Superintendent Hinojosa shares results of listening tour
0Dallas ISD interim Superintendent Michael Hinojosa told trustees on Thursday what he learned from his listening tour that saw him ask 100 Dallas ISD stakeholders 10 open-ended questions about the state of the district. The 100 stakeholders Hinojosa interviewed included approximately 70 Dallas ISD staff members at various levels throughout the district, 20 community members, and the nine trustees. The listening tour was part of Hinojosa’s goal to reenter the district in an organized way that also helped him gather valuable input. The questions that Hinojosa asked stakeholders included: If you were in my shoes as superintendent, what would you focus…