Dallas ISD

School districts in North Texas have more unhoused students. And the schools say they need more funding to meet the students needs.

Starting this school year, the district will require all students from pre-K through 12th grade to use clear or mesh bags.

Dallas school leaders say the program will help eliminate most school suspensions.

The district is considering offering students facing punishment for low-level offenses options including community service and Saturday School.

Superintendents blame budget cuts and campus closures on no new state education funding since 2019, inflation, unfunded mandates and enrollment declines. They may be forced to exercise additional budget cuts for next year.

Unofficial results show Ed Turner defeating three opponents for the District 9 seat, and Lance Currie beating two opponents for the District 1 seat. Both candidates were endorsed by the trustees they're seeking to replace.

Dallas Independent School Board Place 5 Trustee Maxie Johnson, whose district includes Wilmer-Hutchins High School, hosted a community discussion Tuesday night on the shooting that left one student injured.

Dallas Fire-Rescue and police responded to a shooting at a Dallas ISD high school Friday morning.

The 17-page complaint submitted by the student and nonprofit StandWithUs to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights details a log of harassment dating back to 2021.

First- and second graders in Dallas ISD West Dallas STEM School benefited from some of the dozens of astronomers from Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California, who flew to Dallas for Monday’s full solar eclipse. In partnership with Dallas’ Perot Museum of Science and Nature, several of them taught STEM students eclipse lessons Thursday.

This is the library's 10th year hosting the Fairy Tale Closet.

LaKashia Wallace says she's still trying to repair the property she listed as her residence on her candidate filing. A legal expert says that holds up to any challenges.