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Dallas ISD’s E-Rate rebound nets more than $36 million for students
0After years of being ineligible to receive federal subsidies to help schools and students access the internet and community better, E-Rate dollars are flowing again to Dallas ISD to the tune of more than $36 million over the last two years. District leaders say the millions brought in from federal reimbursements for technology purchases is further evidence of the district’s strong financial position. Within the last month, the district received nearly $18 million in E-Rate reimbursements, which is on top of the approximately $18.3 million received last school year. Prior to those two reimbursements, the district had not received any E-Rate…
DTR applicant builds a collaborative community (video)
0Rachel Harrah, a theatre art teacher at Thomas Jefferson High School, at first thought the Distinguished Teacher Review Process would prove daunting. “I thought it was going to be a mountain I’d have to climb up by myself,” she said. However, now that she has gone through the DTR process, she said that support from other DTR-eligible teachers made the process “a collaborative community instead of one person out to prove themself.” “More importantly, it also showed that Dallas has the best teachers,” she said. “We have the teachers that are making a difference.” The Hub spoke with Harrah last…
W.T White to celebrate its 50-year anniversary
0W.T. White students, teachers, and alumni will commemorate 50 years of memories at this weekend’s anniversary celebration. Or, as W.T. White Principal Michelle Thompson laughingly put it, the alumni will come back to the school and fondly remember the bathroom they cried in after they broke up with their significant other, the gym where they competed for high school glory, and the classroom that set them on a path of lifelong learning. “It will be great to see our alumni come back and relive their memories from when they went here,” she said. “This weekend will be a lot of…
Map details district pre-K expansion plans
0On March 27, the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees approved a plan that will invest approximately $129.5 million into addressing critical needs at district schools. A portion of the Bridge Plan, as it is called, will add more pre-K classrooms throughout the district. Alan Cohen, executive director of Dallas ISD’s Early Childhood and Community Partnership Program, said expanding pre-K options is critical since research shows that 85 percent of a child’s brain development occurs in their first five years. “If we don’t reach children in that window of opportunity when they’re learning at a rate that they’re never going to…