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In September of 2011, newly-elected Mayor Mike Rawlings and I announced the formation of the Commit Partnership. We did so in the belief that the educational challenges our community faced were too [...]
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Each month, we highlight educators who have earned the designation of ‘master teacher’ through Texas’ Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA). TIA encourages school districts to locally [...]

The Commit Partnership joins Texas 2036, the Texas Association of Community Colleges, the Texas Business Leadership Council, and the Texas Community College Student Advisory Council [...]

Voters in the Garland, Irving, and Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD boundaries made a transformational investment in the future of education in their communities by supporting their [...]

Hope in Accountability is a series spotlighting schools that made tremendous improvements in their TEA accountability ratings from 2019 to 2022. Visit Commit’s Hope Chart [...]

Each month, we highlight educators who have earned the designation of ‘master teacher’ through Texas’ Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA). TIA encourages school districts to locally [...]

Voters in the Cedar Hill, Garland, Irving, and Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD boundaries have an opportunity to make a transformational investment in the future of education [...]

Each month, we highlight an educator who has earned the designation of ‘master teacher’ through Texas’ Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA). TIA encourages school districts to [...]

During its five-year anniversary celebration on March 28, Dallas County Promise announced its plan to expand by inviting additional campuses to the initiative that helps [...]

An innovative policy proposed by the Dallas ISD administration last year and adopted by its Board of Trustees is helping district leaders provide greater transparency [...]

Master Teacher Monday is a series highlighting educators who have earned the designation of ‘master teacher’ through Texas’ Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA). TIA encourages school [...]

In a new article, Economic Mobility Systems Board Chair and Commit Superintendent-In-Residence Dr. Jeannie Stone makes the case for personalized college and career solutions. By [...]

Currently, fewer than 1 in 5 Texas elementary students have access to on-grade-level reading content in the classroom, according to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) [...]