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Lesson-planning programs help teachers guide students in connecting the dots
0There are two words Dallas ISD teachers are excited about as they prepare this year’s lesson plans: “Amplify” and “Eureka.” Each is a lesson-planning program that maps out a base curriculum for students and teachers. All district campuses began using the programs on the first day of the 2023-2024 school year. Anson Jones Elementary School, the first to pilot the Amplify program three years ago, has already seen tremendous growth in students’ academic success. The program embeds elements of social studies and science within the text they’re reading. And the word problems students come across in math class will often…
Dallas ISD Aviation Program cultivates future flyers and leaders
0Aug. 19 is officially recognized as “National Aviation Day,” and has been since 1939, but for students in Skyline High School’s aviation program it’s a day that has relevance to the rest of their career. Not only are they learning about turbines (commonly referred to as jet engines) and reciprocating engines, they’re also leaving high school with valuable lessons on discipline, teamwork, perseverance, and ethics. For Omar U., seeing a life-sized jet engine in the Skyline Student Center was the realization he needed to pursue aviation rather than art, which was his original plan after middle school. “It opened a…
Dallas ISD students make positive gains, exceed pre-pandemic performance levels in Meets
0Students in Dallas ISD are closing the academic achievement gap and are exceeding pre-pandemic STAAR performances in the Meets Grade Level category in reading, which means more students are on grade level. This positive movement gives students and educators an encouraging boost to start the new school year. Based on the most recent STAAR exam administered by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), reading and math scores in grades 3-8 show gains in 27 of the 36 categories in Approaches, Meets, and Masters, with no change in five of the categories and negligible dips in the remaining four. Dallas ISD students…
Dallas ISD welcomes back students for 2023-2024 school year
0Class is now in session for more than 140,000 Dallas ISD students. Across the district, students were greeted in a variety of ways at their campuses prior to the first bell of the day. Campus cheerleaders, principals, mascots, and special guests were at their school’s entrance ready to drum up excitement for students of all grade levels. Superintendent Stephanie S. Elizalde, Ed.D. kicked off the first day of school at Walnut Hill International Leadership Academy (WHILA). The campus reopened in January 2023 as part of the 2015 Dallas ISD Bond Program which marks this day, Aug. 14, as the first…