$240M bond will add new elementary school to East Central ISD This new campus was funded by a $240 million bond package approved by voters in November 2022. The bond package provided funding for two new elementary schools, including Victory Elementary, a new CTE ... 01/16/2025 - 12:59 am | View Link
‘How valid and reliable is this?’: Dallas ISD raises questions about STAAR test scoring Dallas ISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde said the district asked the state education agency to review a sample of STAAR responses to confirm that students earned the correct score. Of the more ... 01/15/2025 - 11:00 pm | View Link
Lewisville ISD trustees expand grandfather policy for rezoned students At a Jan. 13 meeting, Lewisville ISD trustees approved a resolution amending a local policy that grandfathered students during zoning changes. 01/15/2025 - 11:00 pm | View Link
Dallas ISD, other North Texas schools announce Friday closures due to winter weather School districts in the Dallas-Fort Worth area are closing their campuses Thursday and Friday ahead of the winter storms expected to hit the region. Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton, Rockwall and Hunt ... 01/9/2025 - 5:44 am | View Link
Dallas-Fort Worth schools cancel high school sports ahead of winter weather Dallas ISD and other school districts canceled basketball, soccer and other sports practices and games ahead of the winter weather Thursday and Friday ... 01/9/2025 - 2:43 am | View Link
Compensation Our Dallas ISD Compensation Programs are designed to ensure each component of our rewards program promotes an atmosphere that attracts, motivates and retains high performing employees and provides support to the organizational mission of educating all students for success. 01/11/2025 - 12:16 am | View Website
Dallas Independent School District As weather conditions improve, all Dallas ISD schools and offices will resume Monday, Jan. 13. read full announcement about Dallas ISD reopens: Monday, Jan. 13, 2025 (opens in new window/tab) School Health Advisory Council Meeting 1 01/11/2025 - 12:02 am | View Website
Career Center If you would like to work in a school district that is innovative, diverse, and focused on your professional growth, then consider applying to teach at Dallas Independent School District. Dallas ISD is the 2nd largest school district in Texas, serving over 133,000+ students. 01/10/2025 - 9:17 pm | View Website
Pre-K Programs Eligible students that are 4 years old on or before September 1 may attend Pre-K 4 at one of many Dallas ISD elementary schools. Pre-K 4 programs are full-day, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. The following schools begin at 8:35 a.m. and end at 3:55 p.m.: Dealey Montessori, and Harry Stone Montessori. 01/10/2025 - 8:06 pm | View Website
H-1B Visa Information Dallas Independent School District will sponsor H1B visas for the 2024-2025 school year for Elementary Bilingual (English/Spanish) teachers. To be considered for an H-1B visa you must have: A valid Texas teaching certificate and 01/10/2025 - 8:24 am | View Website
Donald Trump has such nice things to say about John Fetterman after he came to Mar-a-Lago to visit him over the weekend. Via the New Republic:
The Pennsylvania senator and Democrat said last week that Trump invited him for a meeting, and apparently the president-elect was impressed after an hour-long conversation with the man he once accused of abusing heroin, cocaine, crystal meth, and fentanyl.
“It was a totally fascinating meeting.
Normally, a chair of a House committee is not removed by the Speaker unless something extraordinary occurs. "The Ohio Republican has been an outspoken advocate for Ukraine funding and other hawkish national security stances," wrote Politico. I'm inclined to see this as bad news for Ukraine, but other factors may have been at play.
Source: Politico
Speaker Mike Johnson removed Rep.
According to Politico, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is considering appointing Vivek Ramaswamy to the state’s U. S. Senate seat about to be vacated by J. D. Vance.
At first glance, it seems odd given that Ramaswamy is so darned unpopular in MAGA world right now. Also, Ramaswamy has already gotten to work with President-Unelect Musk on their non-existent Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
On this day in 1988, Tina Turner proved her enduring appeal when she performed in front of 182,000 people in Rio De Janeiro, setting the world record for the largest audience ever for a single artist. Tina Turner, What's Love Got To Do With It.
The Rude Pundit: Informing Ourselves to Death: Another Explanation of Why Harris Lost (Part 1)
Show Me Progress: Have your papers ready.
Lawyers, Guns & Money: The party of evil.
Attention space nerds!
Vice President-elect Donald isn't even in office, and he's already creating chaos in the U. S., Canada, and Greenland. Donald's bootlickers in Congress even proposed a new bill dubbed 'Make Greenland Great Again' to expedite a negotiation process with Denmark, which protects Greenland's autonomy.
Coke Jr. visited Greenland to prove that the territory was MAGA, but unsurprisingly, that event was staged.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas’ Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom have little in common ideologically, but the two have both been vocal supporters of an idea that’s been rapidly gaining bipartisan ground in the states: Students’ cellphones need to be banned during the school day.
At least eight states have enacted such bans over the past two years, and proposals are being considered in several more states this year.
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Here is a look at the push by states for such bans.
Why are states banning cellphones at schools?
The push for cellphone bans has been driven by concerns about the impact screen time has on children’s mental health and complaints from teachers that cellphones have become a constant distraction in the classroom.
Surgeon General Dr.