News Briefs

In this episode of Ed Talk with Bob Bravo, Dr. Bravo, Dallas ISD Chief of School Leadership, speaks with Brian Lusk, the Executive Director of the H. Grady Spruce High School feeder pattern, and John Quincy Adams Elementary Principal Nancy Bernardino. The conversation explains how Learning Objectives (LOs) aim to focus a class on what a teacher wants students to learn in a lesson, while Demonstrations of Learning (DOLs) help teachers check if students understand the lesson. The podcast also talks about how a teacher can determine if they have written an appropriate LO and DOL and explains the resources available…

The Keys to Success/Las Llaves del Exito is a free one-day college fair for families presented by DCCCD, Dallas ISD and Mountain View College. The event will provide students with the keys they need to succeed in higher education, including information about how to navigate the system so that they can attend a college or university. The event focuses on students in grades 6–12 and their parents. A screening of the documentary “First Generation” will be shown at 10:30 am at the Performance Hall. The award-winning documentary, narrated by Golden Globe nominee Blair Underwood, tells the story of four high school students…

To acquire everything the growing band at Dallas ISD’s Adamson High School needs to be considered a quality program, director Chris Green and staff members estimated it would take $270,000. Green is one of 15 finalists for a $100,000 grant, which he says would make great strides for the program. Read a NeighborsGo article on the band program and its needs here. Vote for Green’s proposal by Oct. 31 at thankamericasteachers.com.

Every week, the Hub’s AlumNow feature checks in with a district grad to see what they are up to now. This week marks the 13th edition of AlumNow. Here is a recap of the AlumNow features that have run to date: Darnna Banks, a theater arts student at Booker T. Washington High School, always loved science, but she never knew that her dream of being a doctor would take her so many miles from home; SEM grad Thomas Jung helped found a technology startup that uses sensors and learning algorithms to assist first responders and athletes; Carter grad Terrence Maiden has helped…