Map of Dallas ISD schools and their TEA academic ratings
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View ArticleCheck out where the area’s smartest kids will attend college
comments ()Ten-year-old Divya Viswanathan is back with her analysis on where valedictorians and salutatorians in the area will attend college. Divya, who is entering 5th grade, is a whiz at working...
View ArticleNumber of Texas schools failing to meet federal standards skyrockets
comments ()The number of Texas schools failing to make adequate progress under federal law skyrocketed, mainly because the state eliminated a rule that allowed some students who failed the TAKS to be...
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools win the Broad Prize
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College admission officers checking Facebook, Kaplan survey finds
comments () About 24 percent of college admission officers at schools surveyed said they have gone on an applicant’s Facebook page or other social networking site to learn … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleField Elementary principal on administrative leave after teachers pressured...
comments ()Read our story Saturday on third graders at Field Elementary who only learned math and reading for most of last school year, while teachers were pressured to fabricate grades for science,...
View ArticleNational test results show Dallas ISD students hold their own in math, lag in...
comments ()(Reported by DMN reporter Holly Hacker) Dallas ISD kids can hold their own in math, but their reading skills – particularly critical reading – need help, new results on a national test show....
View Article43 Dallas ISD campuses make list of state’s worst-performing schools
comments ()New: Read the full DMN story on the PEG list here. The dreaded list that no school wants to be on is out. The Texas Education Agency has released the annual PEG list, which labels campuses...
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Lew Blackburn says Reasoning Mind seems like the “silver bullet for math”
comments () (One of my colleagues wrote a story on the Reasoning Mind math program. Here’s the top): By MELISSA REPKO, DMN staff writer Trading … [visit site to read more]
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Molina High School students advance to state culinary contest
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DISD’s SEM and TAG move up on U.S. News Best High School list
comments () U.S. News is out with its Best High Schools report and two Dallas ISD magnets — School for the Talented and Gifted and the School of Science and Engineering … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleDISD ninth graders fall short on new state exam
comments ()Dallas ISD ninth-grade students fell short of the statewide passing rates on the new STAAR exam. It’s the first year of implementation for the more rigorous State of Texas Assessment of...
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How a Sunset High School student beat the odds
comments () Check out DMN columnist William McKenzie’s article on a Sunset High School student who beat the odds and is on a path to success. The column ran on Sunday but can be found visit site to...
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Kudos to Dallas ISD high schools that got off the AYP failing list, but...
comments ()Conrad High School, led by principal Lucy Hakemack, made it off the failing AYP list Much focus has been paid to Dallas ISD schools thatvisit site to read more]
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Dallas ISD board President Lew Blackburn surprises three students with $500...
comments () Comstock Middle School student Danny Garcia won one of three $500 Visa gift cards provided by Dallas ISD board President Lew Blackburn, who surprised the kids with the cards today. Students...
View ArticleTwo Dallas schools named National Blue Ribbon Schools
comments ()Dallas ISD’s law magnet high school and the private St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School in East Dallas were named 2012 National Blue Ribbon Schools on Friday. The campuses were among 269...
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Dallas ISD board president continues `gift card incentive’ for attendance
comments ()In August, Dallas ISD board President Lew Blackburn surprised Comstock Middle School student Danny Garcia with a $500 gift card. From left: Danny and his mother; Blackburn at right and...
View ArticleDallas ISD student Chinelo King wins MLK oratory competition
comments () How fitting that nine-year-old Chinelo King would walk away with the top prize at a contest held Friday in Downtown Dallas. The Dallas ISD student shares a last name with the civil rights...
View ArticleA quick take on just-released STAAR results
comments ()New STAAR data is out, allowing us to see how Texas students fared on the state’s new achievement test. Here’s my quick take: *Passing rates on most end-of-course exams for ninth-graders,...
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Sorry Dallas ISD kiddos, that shorter school year promised for meeting...
Last year, Dallas ISD trustees approved a 2012-13 school calendar that included an incentive for high-school students: Those meeting … [visit site to read more]
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Dallas ISD board president Lew Blackburn: “This administration is not doing...
Dallas ISD trustees received an update today on the district’s African American Success Initiative, a program started a few … [visit site to read more]
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Texas students beat national average in math, science – but trail in reading
Texas eighth graders scored higher than their counterparts across the nation in math and science – but lower in reading – on the most recent Nation’s Report Card exam, which also showed impressive...
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Two Dallas ISD students who came to U.S. as refugees are 2013 Gates...
Conrad students Shiva Acharya (left) and Jamuna Kadariya are 2013 Gates Millennium Scholars. (Conrad High School) Two students who came to Dallas ISD as … [visit site to read more]
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Action-packed event will kickoff Dallas ISD initiative targeting struggling...
Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles (at podium) with SMU head football coach June Jones (left); Dustin Sample, executive director of Urban You Turn (center); and Terrence Maiden, co-founder of...
View ArticleDallas ISD’s eighth graders make gains on STAAR exam, fifth graders drop...
Dallas ISD’s eighth-grade students made gains on the state’s exam, while passing rates for fifth graders dropped slightly in math, results show. Improvements made by DISD’s eighth graders on the STAAR...
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Dallas ISD District 5 to celebrate academics
Dallas ISD board President Lew Blackburn at District 5 Academic Pep Rally (Dallas ISD) Dallas ISD board President Lew Blackburn, … [visit site to read more]
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Dallas ISD eighth grader wins DART poster contest, will have artwork featured...
Artwork by Jonathan Mondragon, Sam Tasby Middle School in Dallas ISD (DART) Jonathan Mondragon, an eighth-grade student at Sam Tasby Middle School, beat out hundreds of … [visit site to read more]
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Which Dallas ISD high schools had the biggest academic gains?
Woodrow Wilson High School JROTC students raise the flags on a new flagpole donated by Louise Woerner Sellers, a 1930 graduate, during the dedication on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (Rex C. Curry/Special...
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Students at Townview Center show off their artsy side
Student artwork on display at Townview Center magnet school in Dallas ISD. Not all of Dallas ISD’s artsy students attend Booker T. Washington High School for the … [visit site to read more]
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Academic pep rally planned in District 5 in Dallas ISD
DISD Trustee Lew Blackburn, left, presents Carla Santos, a third grader at C.F. Carr Elementary School, with an IPOD during an academic pep rally at L.G. Pinkston High School in Dallas on Oct. 16,...
View ArticlePopular MLK Jr. Oratory Competition in semifinal round
(Video: Chinelo King gives his speech in last year’s competition. He won first place). Nineteen Dallas ISD students have advanced to the semifinal round of the 22nd Annual Gardere MLK Jr. Oratory...
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Students get more time to study for SAT, weather forces testing center closures
Area students who were ready to take the SAT on Saturday will have more time to study. Many testing locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area have decided to close because of bad weather and more could...
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Richardson ISD kid makes good — update
You may remember my story about Thabit Pulak, the Richardson High School student who has picked up some major science fair … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleCompared to other big-city districts, Dallas ISD is on par in math, lags in...
Dallas ISD students do as well as their peers in math. As for reading, they’re making gains but still have catching up to do. The results, released today by the U.S. Department of Education, show how...
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Dallas ISD paying for all juniors to take SAT
For the first time, all Dallas ISD students in 11th grade can take the SAT for free at their school, district officials announced today. The test will be given on Wednesday as part of SAT School Day,...
View ArticleDecision on Texas STAAR double-testing eighth grade math likely to have...
The set-up for this is a little complicated: All eighth graders are required to take the STAAR math test, required by the federal No Child Left Behind law. And all Algebra I students are required to...
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Prestigious Juilliard School accepts five students from Booker T. High School...
Those accepted are (clockwise from upper left) actor Alicia Crowder and dancers Alysia Johnson, Mason Manning, Madison Hicks and Mykal Stromile.visit site to read more]
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Booker T. Washington student wins DART art contest
Artwork by Vivien Behrens, Dallas ISD student (DART) Vivien Behrens, a 10th grader at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, is the … [visit site to read more]
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Students speak out during summit in downtown Dallas
Students listen during a summit hosted by Support Our Students at UNT-Dallas College of Law on May 2, 2014. (Tawnell D. Hobbs/DMN) About 60 Dallas ISD students on … [visit site to read more]
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Two Dallas ISD students named U.S. Presidential Scholars
Dallas ISD students Colby Ewatuya and Michael Stromile. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced Monday … [visit site to read more]
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Mother of Madison High School’s valedictorian and salutatorian has 5 top tips...
Madison High School valedictorian James Madison, left, and his twin brother, salutatorian Matthew Madison, practice for graduation on Friday. (Mona Reeder/The Dallas Morning News) Menique … [visit...
View ArticleSAT scores drop as more Dallas ISD students take college admissions test
The SAT scores for Dallas ISD high-school students fell this year, with only 13.3 percent of them receiving a grade considered to be college ready, according to data obtained by The Dallas Morning...
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Dallas ISD plans task force to address achievement gap for black students
Dallas ISD trustee Lew Blackburn Dallas ISD will form a task force to focus on closing the achievement gap for black students, who have visit site to read more]
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Skyline High School places first in state mock trial contest
Skyline High School mock trial team (Credit: Dallas Bar … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleRosemont parents plead to keep principal at Dallas ISD meeting
Dallas ISD trustees got an earful at Thursday’s board meeting from parents upset that the principal of Rosemont Elementary School will not be returning next school year. Anna Brining has been...
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Parents at Dade Middle School attend meeting to discuss concerns
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Garland ISD school rated "improvement required" sends staff on home visits
With 58,000 students and 71 campuses, Garland ISD is the … [visit site to read more]
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First-generation graduate shares tips with Duncanville elementary students
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Lancaster ISD, city unveil Village 2020 partnership 'to improve opportunities...
Josiah Engham (left) and Michael Douglas examine tablets … [visit site to read more]
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