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Answering the call
0Video: Superintendent Mike Miles speaks on Oct. 2 with Fox 4 about the district’s response to the Ebola challenge. The school year for five Dallas ISD schools took a sudden and dramatic twist Oct. 1. That day, it was announced that a case of Ebola has been identified in Dallas. National, state and local leaders, along with a cadre of health experts, descended on our community to address the challenge. Meanwhile, it was made known that five Dallas ISD students had contact with the Ebola patient and would be quarantined for 21 days.The challenge for Dallas ISD was significant, but…
VIDEO: Kids should be involved in sports at young age
0Gil Garza, Dallas ISD athletics director, believes sports are an opportunity for kids to do more than learn skills they can apply to the playing field. It is an opportunity to grow, learn and develop characteristics such as perseverance and discipline while developing social skills and a strong work ethic. In part two of our series on the new direction of the Athletics Department, take a look as Garza discusses the benefits of student participation in athletics. See also: VIDEO: Garza discusses vision for Dallas ISD Athletics
Second-grader tunes in to his musical talent
0Music is a universal language that crosses all boundaries. For a second-grader at Thomas L. Marsalis Elementary, music is more than just a language – it is the vehicle that moves imagination. Meet 7-year-old Tinashe McGowan. “Sometimes when I play the piano, it takes me on a little journey,” said Tinashe. “I just start playing and I go on a magical adventure.” Quickly becoming a master of the classical piano, Tinashe has been playing since he was 3 years old. Tinashe’s mother, Eneida Simpson, remembers his interest at such a young age. “I knew he liked music since he…
A closer look: Minority AP students close the achievement gap
0A minority student in the Dallas Independent School District is more than twice as likely to pass an Advanced Placement, or AP, math or science exam than in any other large urban school district in the country, based on the most recent testing results available. For those minority students, that multiplier is even greater: African-American and Hispanic students who succeed in AP courses are four times more likely to graduate from college. This means Dallas ISD minority students are closing the most important achievement gap for students: college and career readiness. The two charts below, courtesy of the National Math…