News Briefs

Dallas Independent School District (Dallas ISD) master principal Marion Jackson has been named to lead the West Dallas STEM School – an educational collaboration of the district, Toyota USA Foundation,Southern Methodist University (SMU) and the West Dallas community. Known for her innovative and transformative leadership, Jackson brings a depth of knowledge in STEM instruction to the post. Most notably, she has a track record of closing student performance gaps and increasing academic achievement in reading, math and science as measured by Texas Education Agency standards. Evidence of her forward-thinking approach includes her co-development of a best practice model in mathematics…

As schools across Dallas and the country closed to prevent the spread of coronavirus, millions of parents suddenly began working from home while teaching and parenting. Juggling multiple roles at once can be challenging, but also full of opportunity. B.H. Macon Elementary has always made it a goal to connect with parents and the community to ensure student success.  Parents are valued partners, and now with their new role as teachers they are encouraged to help with at-home learning during the COVID-19 crisis. Maritza Lopez, a pre-K mom at Macon, says her experience teaching during this time has given her more time…

In June of 2019, Texas State Legislature passed House Bill 3834, a bill requiring local and state government employees, district trustees and contractors, to complete a Department of Information Resources (DIR) approved cybersecurity awareness training. Dallas ISD has established a formal training to meet the state mandate. The training is now available in Cornerstone. Under HB 3834, employees and board members who have access to a local government computer are required to take the cybersecurity awareness training. Exceptions include custodians, maintenance and facility personnel, bus drivers, service center drivers and campus-based food service employees whose job responsibilities do not include…

All Dallas ISD students and campus staff have off Friday, May 1 for an inclement weather makeup day.