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Mike Miles, superintendent for the Dallas Independent School District, weighs in on the perks of investing in summer math programs in an article posted by Education Week blog. A recent study by The RAND Corporation study, known as the National Summer Learning Project, provides data from the first summer of a six-year, randomized controlled trial of programs in Boston; Dallas; Duval County, Florida; Pittsburgh and Rochester, New York. The study was funded by The Wallace Foundation. Read the full report in the blog post here.

It’s been months of intense planning, development and incubation for eight teams working to establish Personalized Learning (PL) models throughout Dallas ISD. Now that hard work will soon come to fruition. The cohort teams presented PL plans last week to a panel of Dallas ISD senior leadership. Following a rigorous vetting process, the Office of Transformation and Innovation announced today that five of the eight teams were selected to move forward with implementation and will launch their plans next fall. The teams selected to launch their plans are William C. Cabell Elementary, Dan D. Rogers Elementary, Ignacio Zaragoza Elementary, T.C.…

Quentin Neroes, a senior at Emmett J. Conrad High School, is smiling a little wider these days. He has not only been accepted to Ivy League school Harvard University, but is the first non-magnet student in Dallas ISD to do so during early action decisions. Harvard is his third choice, for the soon-to-be first generation college student. He’s still awaiting acceptance from other top schools like Dartmouth College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Princeton University. For a few moments, he shared his great accomplishment with CBS 11. Check out his story in the link below. LINK: http://dfw.cbslocal.com/video/category/news/10958822-dallas-isd-student-accepted-into-harvard/#.VJL1eIFu7i8.mailto