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Expanded technology infrastructure benefits students, teachers
0A significant increase in wireless and broadband capacity at Dallas ISD has connected students and teachers with new ways to learn. Internet usage by students and staff at Dallas ISD has increased by approximately 3,000 percent since 2011. The increase is largely due to wireless and broadband improvements completed by the Dallas ISD Information Technology Services department during the past three years. “Learning can be more personalized through technology and that couldn’t happen without a strong wireless infrastructure in place,” said Frank Tyminski, Assistant Superintendent of Information Technology. “Without the hardware and broadband and wireless infrastructure, we’d be stuck in the…
Dallas ISD tops TEA list of high-performing and high-progress Title I schools
0Dallas ISD has the most high-performing and high-progress low-income schools in Texas, according to a report issued Thursday by the Texas Education Agency. The TEA report listed 25 Dallas ISD schools among the top 400 high-performing and high-progress Title I schools in Texas for 2014–15. Title I schools are campuses with a student population of at least 40 percent low-income. “While we talk of the need to close the education achievement gap, the real work in accomplishing that goal is already taking place on these campuses,” Commissioner of Education Michael Williams said in a statement. “Whether identified as high-performing, high-progress…
Board of Trustees to review employment of superintendent
0The Dallas ISD Board of Trustees today is holding a special meeting to consider and take possible action regarding the employment of Superintendent Mike Miles. The meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m. in the Ada L. Williams Auditorium, 3700 Ross Ave. The board is expected to retire to a closed session for discussion. Any action will be taken in open session. The meeting can be streamed online here. Click here to view the board agenda.
Study: Dallas ISD high poverty schools are improving
0Dallas ISD has more high performing, high poverty elementary schools than any other urban school district in Texas, according to a new study outlined in a news conference on Thursday. Additionally, the study from Children at Risk, a Texas-based non-profit, shows that Dallas ISD’s high performing, high poverty schools are improving from year to year. Dr. Robert Sanborn, president and CEO of Children at Risk, said the improvement of the Dallas ISD high poverty schools is largely due to the initiatives implemented by Superintendent Mike Miles that seek to raise student achievement for all students. “For us, it’s about the…