News Briefs

STEM, coding, and robotics—more specifically, a Robotics Smackdown—are the topics of this week’s episode of Ed Talk with Dr. Bravo. Dallas ISD STEM Executive Director Oswaldo Alvarenga, Director of Educational Technology Roland Antoine, and Educational Technology Coordinator Jeff Marx join Dr. Robert Bravo, the Dallas ISD Chief of School Leadership, to talk all things educational technology. The conversation touches on the district’s effort to get students involved with STEM-type activities at an earlier age, and gives a rundown on what a district teacher can do to bring robotics and STEM programing to their school. (Spoiler alert: It’s usually pretty easy…

Dallas ISD has created a web page to communicate information related to the Nov. 3 bond election. The url for the site is www.dallasisd.org/bond2015.  The page will house the latest information related to the election and will be regularly updated.

Parents and community members gathered on the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 16, at Robert T. Hill Middle School to hear information about the 2015 proposed bond program. Dallas voters will have a chance to consider the $1.6 billion bond in the Nov. 3 elections. District 3 Trustee Dan Micciche hosted Wednesday’s meeting. District 9 Trustee Bernadette Nutall will host a similar meeting next week, set for 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, at the Dallas County Schools Technology and Training Center, 5151 Samuell Blvd.

The Dallas Morning News profiles Kimberly Stangarone, a Dallas ISD police officer who learned sign language to be able to communicate with deaf students. Click here to read the full story. Photo courtesy Dallas Morning News