Inside Dallas ISD

National School Choice Week is January 24-29, 2021. The annual observance aims to expand public awareness of the national wealth of K-12 school choice options available to students and families. A proud leader in this arena, Dallas ISD offers a growing variety of public school choice options designed to provide every child an effective, challenging, and relevant educational experience.  In the age of COVID, schools have had to retool to meet the needs of students and families. Virtual learning options and services, online tours and information sessions are among the tools Dallas ISD uses to inform and recruit families to…

National School Choice Week is Jan. 24 – 29. This annual commemoration brings awareness to the abundance of K-12 school choice options available to students and families. Dallas ISD is proud to offer a variety of educational options to provide every child an effective, challenging, and motivating education. One of these choice options is our magnet school program.  Dallas ISD magnet schools are schools of choice that offer unique educational opportunities and experiences. Students have access to college preparatory courses and specialized thematic curricula that investigate and explore today’s career choices. Magnet programs offer smaller learning communities, access to college…

Akash Patel, the founder at Happy World Foundation Inc. and Spanish teacher at Ignite Middle School , is one of 30 literacy leaders named to the International Literacy Association’s (ILA) 2021 30 Under 30 list. The global list celebrates rising innovators, disruptors and visionaries in the literacy field. The 29-year-old  was recognized for his work promoting global citizenship in schools and communities worldwide. Realizing most of his students had never been out of the United States, Patel—who speaks six languages and has traveled to more than 50 countries—sought to bring the outside world to his students by turning to technology.…

“How do you think Dr. King’s teachings can help us today?” That is the question eight Dallas ISD fourth and fifth graders will answer on the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth date as they contend in the finals of the 29th annual MLK Oratory Competition. The event, held virtually this year, will be livestreamed on the district’s website and on Facebook Live at 11 a.m., Friday, Jan. 15. The students’ inspiring speeches will be the high point of a monthslong process in which—in spite of the pandemic—dozens of students at 13 district schools participated by penning, memorizing…