Category Archives: Education
Call to Action: Profoundly Change a Young Person’s Future by Employing One Through the Mayor’s Intern Fellow Program This Summer!
By Lanet Greenhaw, Director of Education The Dallas Regional Chamber is partnering with The City of Dallas and Education is Freedom (EiF) to offer more than 400 public school students in DISD and charters a real world job experience this summer … Continue reading
Say Thank You to Our School Board Trustees!
By Lanet Greenhaw, Director of Education January is School Board Recognition Month in Texas. It’s a time to formally acknowledge the efforts of our local school board trustees and thank them for their service to our communities and our children. … Continue reading
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Join Mayor Mike Rawlings’ 2012 Corporate Challenge and Invest in the Future of Dallas
By: Adam D. Powell, Director of Strategic Planning, Education is Freedom The goal in 2012 is to employ 400+ interns at 150+ companies in an 8-week summer program designed to give Dallas public and charter school students’ access and exposure … Continue reading
Bravo! DRC Education Support Listed as Selling Point for New Dallas ISD Superintendent
By Lanet Greenhaw, Director of Education The Dallas Regional Chamber’s efforts to drive improvements in public education are drawing notice, and according to a Sunday Dallas Morning News editorial, are among the positive avenues of support and partnership a new … Continue reading
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Dallas ISD Schedules Eight Public Hearings on School Consolidation Proposal
By Lanet Greenhaw, Director of Education Dallas ISD has scheduled eight public hearings to hear from stakeholders on the proposed consolidation of 11 campuses, a move that will save the district $11.5 million. The Board of Trustees is scheduled to … Continue reading
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DRC Representatives Speak Out on Qualities Vital for the New Dallas ISD Superintendent
By Lanet Greenhaw, Director, Education Representatives from the Dallas Regional Chamber (DRC) spent the past few days sharing our thoughts on qualities the business community feels are vital for a new Dallas ISD Superintendent during a series of community engagement … Continue reading
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A Call to Action: Dallas ISD wants to hear from YOU about the Superintendent position
By Kamica King, Program Coordinator, Education Dallas ISD’s Superintendent search firm, PROACT, is engaging stakeholders in the Superintendent search process through a series of community meetings scheduled for January 9-11th from 6:30- 8:00pm, at six different locations across the District. … Continue reading
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Teach For America-DFW and Dallas ISD Make History
By Charles Glover, Executive Director, Teach For America – Dallas/Fort Worth & Leadership Dallas, 2012 In the immortal words of Dr. Martin Luther King, “The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends towards justice.” Tonight the Dallas ISD Board of … Continue reading
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Dallas ISD Receives First District NAEP Assessment in Nation’s Report Card
By Lanet Greenhaw, Director of Education The release of The Nation’s Report Card results from the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessments give us an opportunity to compare how Dallas ISD students perform academically with other 4th and … Continue reading
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Guest Blog: Charity Logan, DRC Intern
Posted By: Charity Logan, Industry Clusters Fall 2011 Intern Berkner High School Senior, Richardson ISD Hi, my name is Charity and I am a senior at Berkner High School in the Richardson ISD. This semester I was given the privilege … Continue reading
