News Briefs

Staff and students at Dallas ISD’s Benjamin Franklin Middle School took to the school’s auditorium stage to celebrate African-American History Month on Thursday, Feb. 26. The program began with an interpretive pantomime performance of the African-American experience by drama students, from living in Africa, to being used as slaves, to the civil rights movement in the 1960s and ultimately the swearing-in of President Barack Obama. Students’ faces were covered so that their movements were the sole method of telling the story. A performance by the girls choir rounded out student participation. Clarice Tinsley, news anchor at KDFW-FOX 4, encouraged students…

A news story from CBS DFW details a proposed bridge plan that would help meet the most pressing needs at nine Dallas ISD campuses. The story, which you can read here, describes the bridge plan as “an opportunity on the horizon” to finance $137 million in necessary improvement at the district schools. If approved by the Board of Trustees, improvements at the facilities could begin this Spring.

The Dallas Morning News editorial board had high praise for Irma De La Guardia, a third-grade dual-language teacher at Harry C. Withers Elementary School who was named the 2015 Teacher of the Year by the National Association for Bilingual Education. The editorial, which you can read here, details De La Guardia’s background and the importance of a bilingual education. The Hub will feature De La Guardia and her important work in a video next week.