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A New 'True North': The Commit Partnership's Strategic Plan
Each year, the Commit Partnership produces the Dallas County Community Scorecard in the hopes of celebrating progress and learning from bright spot school systems. But [...]
‘Ayo’ is a Yoruba name meaning ‘great joy.’ In Mesquite ISD, new software sharing that name is bringing great joy to classrooms across the district [...]
“We all know if we were to ask the question, are students of color or students in poverty less gifted? We would all answer that [...]
New district policy creates the enabling condition to access substantial state funding tied to post-secondary success
From East Texas to the Rio Grande Valley, employers and business organizations are calling on educators and policymakers to strengthen the pipeline of skilled talent [...]
“Knowing our students and knowing our community has helped us to bring about programming that is going to fit their needs.”
The true north goal of the Commit Partnership is doubling living-wage attainment in Dallas County in the course of a generation. One of the strategic [...]
“We have all these tools, devices, curriculum– why would I ever suspend a student again?” That’s the question posed by Dallas Independent School District Superintendent [...]
In the final minutes of the regular session of the 87th Texas Legislature, some notable changes were made to the state’s school finance system in [...]
Imagine a North Texas where economic opportunity is no longer predicted by race, place, or socioeconomic status. What would it take? How long would it [...]
Our state's accountability and assessment system was created to provide transparency and critical information to students, parents, and community members across Texas. This system, sometimes [...]
On June 24th, 2021, the Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees took a monumental step by becoming the first large urban public school district [...]