Education

Dallas ISD staff presented their preliminary 2026 bond plan during a […]

VanAnthony Williams, Lisa Brown Ross, and Nijeul X discuss their plans for the South Dallas Cultural Center, African American Museum of Dallas, and Forest Forward, respectively, and how they will be engaging Dallas ISD schools and inspiring the next generation of artists.

South Dallas is hosted back-to-school fairs to provide thousands of free backpacks, haircuts, vaccines, school supplies and other giveaways to help families prepare for the start of the school year.

Dallas ISD and City of Dallas officials broke ground on the new Career Institute West, which will provide industry certification programs for high school students to enter the workforce after graduation.

South Dallas community leaders, residents, and DISD staff gathered to bid farewell to the old Billy Earl Dade Middle School Learning Center, which is being demolished to make way for the proposed $50 million Adelio Williams Career Institute East.

Natashia Gerald, a 42-year-old Dallas resident, is running for Dallas ISD District 5 trustee to advocate for effective programs and practices that meet the diverse needs of students in West Dallas.

Byron Sanders, a 20-year education leader and former CEO of Big Thought, is running for Dallas ISD District 5 trustee to ensure that Dallas ISD becomes a model of innovation, equity, and excellence for all students.

Alumni and community leaders of Dr. L. G. Pinkston High […]

Career Institute East will be renamed after a beloved South […]

The decades-old Joseph J. Rhoads school in South Dallas has […]

South Dallas neighbors and Trustee Ed Turner's proposal to bring a career institute into South Dallas gains momentum.

Posters and playbills featuring Broadway musicals line the walls of […]

Learn about Principal Russell's plans to reverse the declining enrollment, encourage students to pursue higher education and more.

The latest In June members of the Dallas ISD bond […]

The most powerful way to impact decisions on public school campuses is a site-based decision-making, or SBDM, committee, which directly advises the campus principal. Both Texas law and local Dallas ISD policy require an SBDM at every school with rules to ensure both staff and community representation on the committee.

West Dallas' only school of choice might be renamed after Oak Cliff legacy names without the community's input.

Security enhancements, classroom renovations and other upgrades came to South Dallas schools.

District 6 Youth Commissioner Margarita Hernandez and Dr. L.G. Pinkston High School students hosted a donation drive to stock the school's community closet with hygiene products, after a student asked why there were no pads and tampons in the school bathrooms.

West Dallas has been busy — and our events calendar shows it. Over the past 10 days alone, neighbors gathered at meetings, planning sessions, and community conversations that speak to housing, infrastructure, and the future of the neighborhood. Here’s a quick look at what we heard, where we showed up, and what’s coming next.

Esther Villareal, a West Dallas mother, teacher, and gardener, was appointed to the city's new environmental commission, and the West Dallas STEM school will open its new campus, with West Dallas families having priority admission.

Dallas Free Press has been using Subtext to send texts with community information to South Dallas and West Dallas residents, and is actively working to grow its reach.

Dallas ISD officials have a three-phase plan to give families free WiFi that could minimize the city’s digital divide.

A new competition gymnasium at James Madison High School is being constructed as part of roughly $29 million the school received in Dallas ISD’s voter-approved $1.6 billion 2015 bond package.

The Nov. 3 presidential election is attracting record numbers of early voters in Dallas to the polls, but there are local decisions to be made, too, including five Dallas ISD bond propositions totaling $3.7 billion.

We’ve pulled the data from projects at West Dallas schools, in either Dallas ISD Trustee Maxie Johnson’s District 5 or Trustee Miguel Solis’ District 8, to chart their construction timelines, costs and completion expectations.

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South Dallas’ Lincoln High School could place an antenna on its roof and transmit broadband signals to household receivers. A student could then type a code into her laptop and sign on to the network from home.

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Virtual learning has become the new normal in the wake […]

Dallas ISD’s 41-page Reentry Playbook for Parents is thorough, but […]

Co-published by our media partner, The Dallas Weekly Wearing colorful […]

This fall, the school opens as a Dallas ISD “transformation” school focused on performing and fine arts.

Marion Jackson was named principal this month, more than a year before the school is expected to open.