Dallas ISD

Dallas County officials said the number of registered voters who cast ballots early in the local election is about 2 percent lower than normal.

Dr. Nolan Estes led the district from 1968 to 1978. During that time, He successfully desegregated the school system and established a network of magnet schools, charter schools and early childhood centers.

With the Texas Education Agency’s release of 2023 A-F grades, most area districts fell one grade. Fort Worth and DeSoto dropped two, from a B to a D.

If the U.S. Department of Education closes, it’s unclear how much money Texas could lose — or how the state might handle a shut-down

Another student may have opened the door for the suspected gunman at the southern Dallas high school, but it’s not clear why or how he may have obtained a gun.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton started investigating Dallas ISD after a secretly recorded video suggested a district employee wasn’t following state law requiring students to participate in sports based on their biological sex at birth. That person is no longer with the district.

The Texas Attorney General's Office has filed a legal petition to depose several district officials, including its superintendent, to "ensure that the District is not violating Texas law by permitting biological males to participate in girls’ sports."

National test scores painted a bleak picture of academic recovery for both Texas and the U.S. following the COVID-19 pandemic. But researchers found that there were positive signs for individual districts.

Paxton’s letters to both districts are based on secretly recorded videos suggesting Dallas and Irving ISD officials may have violated a 2022 Texas law requiring public school students compete in athletic competitions based on their biological sex only.

After the Trump administration took away protections on sensitive areas like schools and churches, one educator and advocate says districts need to have plans in place — and communicate them with families.

Dallas ISD and Arlington ISD are among the districts to announce school closures due to Thursday's wintry weather.

Students in Dallas County’s public schools and those in Dallas College will get help to finish high school and 2- and 4-year colleges or get business training and trade certification so they can earn a living wage.