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Dallas ISD’s Minority & Women Business Enterprise (M/WBE) department is hosting the annual Knowledge Is Power Business Conference, which will take place virtually from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25. Gain insight from three successful entrepreneurs who will share their strategies for dealing with volatility and changes in the economic landscape: Elba Garcia, Dallas County Commissioner for District 4 Patricia Rodriguez Christian, President and CEO of CRC Group Inc Hiawatha Williams, founder of the Williams Chicken franchise Get their take on inflation, recession, global pandemics, and other circumstances that have a profound impact on the business environment.…

Several Dallas ISD schools are becoming known for their success with a method that allows teachers and students to recognize and respond to student learning during learning – in other words, monitoring student learning to provide ongoing feedback. In Dallas ISD, 17 campuses – 10 elementary and seven secondary schools – use this method, known as Assessment for Learning. And recently, Moises Molina High School hosted a site visit by Region 12 principals who were interested in seeing the method in action. “Molina is fully invested in Assessment for Learning and we are excited to keep providing professional learning opportunities…

Dallas ISD secondary STEM students recently competed in Texas Math & Science Coaches Association State (TMSCA) tournaments, where they took top awards in several categories and were awarded two scholarships. Students from nine high schools traveled to San Antonio in March to compete at the state level in four contests: number sense, mathematics, calculator applications, and science. The School of Science and Engineering and the School for the Talented and Gifted took first and fourth place overall, respectively, in the state competition. Two Science and Engineering students received the prestigious TMSCA Top Gun Award for their overall scores in their…

Esports is going strong for fourth- and fifth-grade students who recently competed in the annual Spring Tournament. Approximately 719 young gamers battled it out at Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy for a total of almost 80 participating district schools.  “The energy was high in the auditorium because of the amazing fact that the final Rocket League game for the spring tournament was a rematch between two schools that had the top teams in the fall tournament,” said Angelina Nuno, project manager for Student Activities.  Esports was originally planned for only 20 secondary schools back in 2020 and that number has…