News Briefs

Trustee Lew Blackburn, Ph.D., represents District 5 covering Oak Lawn, West Dallas, Wilmer, Hutchins and parts of East Oak Cliff. He shares how social and emotional learning is a critical component of helping students soar to success, particularly as we address bullying. The excerpt below is from his monthly column in The Dallas Examiner. Leading by example – How we can help prevent bullying Dallas ISD is taking a stand for our students with Social and Emotional Learning, or SEL. Schools that adopt SEL promote a positive environment where students’ emotional needs are met, parents are an integral part of…

Check out the video above or read some of the highlights from This Week in Dallas ISD! STEM Expo The largest STEM Expo in Texas was a huge success, with dozens of fun, hands-on activities (watch this). Academic Decathlon A record four Dallas ISD schools have advanced to the State Academic Decathlon competition being held in February (read this). Application deadline There are just a few days left to apply to a Dallas ISD specialty school or program. The deadline is Jan. 31 (apply today). Dallas County Promise Jan. 31 is also the deadline for seniors to apply to the Dallas County Promise,…

Trustee Dustin Marshall represents District 2 covering North and Near East Dallas. His commitment to ensuring the success of all students is front and center in his efforts to shine a light on serving homeless students. Below is an excerpt from his column which appears in The Advocate. Helping all students succeed There are at least 3,500 homeless students in the district—the number is likely significantly higher, since homelessness is underreported—and there are concrete ways we can help these kids. The Dallas ISD Homeless Education Program does great work supporting these families. Our drop-in centers at 20 high schools—including Woodrow…

Dallas ISD is expanding opportunities for its students with the creation of Collegiate Academies inside most of the district’s comprehensive high schools. Academy students may earn up to 60 hours of college credit and an associate’s degree – tuition-free – while also earning their high school diplomas. Students who will enter the ninth grade in the 2018-2019 school year are encouraged to apply to attend a Collegiate Academy next school year. Apply NOW through Jan. 31! We talked to Crystal, a sophomore at the James Madison Collegiate Academy, to get her take on the school and what it offers its…