The Dallas Independent School District Department of Athletics has opened a new web portal to the community – www.dallasisd.org/athletics. Visit the website to meet the newly appointed athletics administrative staff, watch video messages from Athletic Director Gil Garza and access news stories, schedules and scores. The Dallas ISD Athletics Department is focused on establishing a means by which athletes, coaches and the Dallas community can seek out information and recent news involving Dallas ISD sports. ALSO: Check out Gil Garza’s vision for the athletics department.

Recent Advanced Placement (AP) exam results indicate Dallas ISD is outperforming other large urban districts according the National Math and Science Initiative. A minority student in Dallas ISD is more than twice as likely to earn a qualifying score of three or higher on an AP exam as in any other large urban school district in the country. AP exams are an end of year assessment in core areas that allow students to earn college credit and passing the exams is an indicator of college readiness. Results also show overall districtwide improvement on all AP exam scores. Evidence of marked…

The Dallas Independent School District is making a strong statement to employees and prospective employees: it is willing to pay competitive salaries to recruit and retain high-performing staff. A new administrator evaluation system that rewards principals for their effectiveness and performance caused principal salaries to increase by more than $9,000. And a new teacher evaluation system that will increase salaries for educators will go into effect next year. “We want our principals and executive directors to have the most competitive salaries in North Texas,” said Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles. “We are moving in the same direction for teachers.” The…