Inside Dallas ISD

Did you know that more than 50,000 students ride district buses to school every day? Safely transporting your child to and from campus is the top priority of Dallas ISD Transportation Services. To prepare for the 2020 school year, join us for a virtual information and Q&A session: 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 19, 2020 via Zoom. Get information about transportation and answers to your questions about: Bus safety protocols Cleaning and sanitizing procedures Bus routes and stops Driver training Apps to access real-time information about schedules, stops and routes Go here to register in advance for this webinar and receive…

A $20 million investment by Dallas ISD will allow the district to deploy iPads to approximately 46,000 students in pre-K through 2nd grade and Chromebooks for 14,000 students in grades 3–5 prior to the start of school on Sept. 8. The Dallas ISD Technology Department will host technology deployment events at each elementary school campus in the weeks leading up to the start of school. Parents will receive a backpack of supplies for each student. Inside that backpack will be the assigned computing device, charger, earbuds, a mobile Internet hotspot if the student doesn’t have access to the Internet at…

Eric Hale, a Kindergarten and First Grade Teacher at David G. Burnet Elementary School, was named 2021 Region 10 Elementary Teacher of the Year at a special virtual celebration on July 30. The event, hosted by Region 10 Education Service Center, recognizes all teachers of the year from school districts in the north central Texas region. The Teacher of the Year Program, sponsored by the Texas Association of School Administrators, allows districts to submit one elementary and one secondary candidate to compete at the regional and state levels. This year, 113 teachers from across 63 school districts in Region 10,…

Dallas-based education nonprofit, United to Learn, shared that it will partner with an additional 25 Dallas ISD elementary schools. The new schools double the number of campuses benefitting from United to Learn’s work, which aims to eliminate resource gaps and accelerate student achievement—now across 52 Dallas ISD elementary schools. With a mission of changing lives by transforming the relationship between schools and community, United to Learn has proven its model for mobilizing community partners to support Dallas public schools. Beyond the 52 Dallas ISD elementary schools, the United to Learn network includes over 25 community partners, including private schools, faith-based organizations,…