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Editor’s note: During Dallas ISD’s Winter Break, The Hub will take a look back at some of the best and most popular stories. This story was originally published on Nov. 24, 2014. Master Sergeant Frank Johnson just got back from serving his last tour of duty, Thursday, Nov. 20. One of his first stops after retiring from the Army was his son’s school who had no idea his father was home. Frank Johnson, Jr. attends Harry Stone Montessori School and will now get a chance to share his Thanksgiving dinner with his father, something he has not done in more than three years. Television…

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.…