Inside Dallas ISD

The Lakewood Advocate recently featured a story on student athlete Darrion Green of Woodrow Wilson. Please visit their site and read about this amazing Dallas ISD student athlete and all he has accomplished. Congratulations Darrion! And best of luck and UNM!

A festive kickoff for the Mayor’s Back to School Fair, 800 Dallas ISD students getting their first college experience, and a celebration of a great partnership were some of the highlights of the past week. Watch this short video — or read below — to learn more! Mayor’s Back to School Fair A press conference provided details on the 20th annual Mayor’s Back to School Fair, which is Aug. 5 at Fair Park. Mock trial class offered at Madison Thanks to a partnership with Thompson and Knight LLP, the mock trial team at Madison High School will become a mock trial class next…

Four of Dallas ISD’s top female executives fronted leadership roundtables at the Meadows Conference Center this week to conclude the district’s Women’s Leadership Conference co-sponsored by the University of Texas at Dallas’ Naveen Jindal School of Management. The 2016 Dallas ISD Women’s Leadership Conference included: Leadership workshops for 75 women leaders in central staff. Cohort debriefing sessions for workshop attendees. Roundtables with women in Dallas ISD’s top leadership. Chief of Staff Dr. Cynthia Wilson, Chief of Human Capital Management Karry Chapman, Chief of School Leadership Stephanie Elizalde and Chief of Communications Toni Cordova led discussions on various points of leadership…

Students at STEAM Middle School at D.A. Hulcy have the opportunity to learn by actively exploring real-world problems through purposeful activities designed to challenge and engage them. The Public School Choice campus opened in the fall of 2015 in a newly renovated building designed to accommodate the new program. The STEAM curriculum, which focuses on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math, integrates project based learning and a technology rich learning environment to provide an interactive atmosphere for students and teachers. “They (the students) love it,” said teacher Melissa Allen. “We have project days and they are all about researching, allowing…