Inside Dallas ISD

Several of the schools at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center recently received their PISA, or Programme for International Student Assessment, scores. The exam measures student literacy among 15-year-olds in math, science and reading. Townview’s School of Science and Engineering, Judge Barefoot Sanders Magnet Center for Public Service: Government, Law and Law Enforcement, the Rosie Sorrells School of Education and Social Services, and the School of Business and Management students participated in the spring 2014 administration of the exam, which is only given every three years. Law Magnet principal Enedina Townsend calls PISA a metric of cross-curricular competency that evaluates…

To those looking in from the outside, the job of keeping a school running safely and efficiently may not look so tough. But ask any principal and you’re likely to get a totally different perspective. Tuesday, Oct. 14, one-hundred sixty-one citizens and community leaders will get a chance to make their own assessment when they serve as guest principals at district schools as part of the annual Principal for A Day event.  Principal for A Day places volunteers from the worlds of business, government, and community leadership in the offices — and shoes — of real principals for one day.…

Dallas ISD employees are adding their support to efforts to discover a cure for breast cancer by participating in the Denim Day for a Cure fundraiser benefiting the organization Susan G. Komen for the Cure. On Oct. 24, staff members will join thousands around the country in making cash donations and wearing pink and/or denim in support of breast cancer awareness. Employee donations will go to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, which will use the proceeds to help provide life-saving screenings in the form of low-cost or free mammograms, diagnostic testing and breast cancer treatment to uninsured or underinsured Dallas…

“Ain’t it fun? Living in the real world.” Those song lyrics by pop group Paramore came alive for students in the School for the Talented and Gifted at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center. Students embraced reality when they were tasked with coming up with a real-world solution for a piece of land located in The Bottoms and the 10th Street District. The four-day project had the students trekking all over the city meeting with leaders, developers and various economic, regulatory and legislative experts. Students sifted through city documents and, together with their peers, created a realistic, meaningful and high-quality land…