Dallas Achieves!—which includes realigning the curriculum at all levels and allocating resources more effectively—will provide the vehicle to make changes possible in every classroom in every Dallas ISD school.

Michael Hinojosa, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools

The Dallas ISD is holding a series of Community Conversations throughout the district, based on the high schools' feeder patterns, to share with the community the gains made by students and the schools through Dallas Achieves!

The district’s initiative to become the best urban school district in America by 2010 has three parts:

• Adopt annual and five-year performance targets for all students and student groups in academic achievement, graduation, and college readiness. Implement district and campus improvement plans.
• Compare the district in five areas of student achievement to five other urban school districts in Texas and to student performance statewide.
• Strategically align the district to meet these goals and targets:
  • Implement best practices based on a curriculum and instruction audit by the National Center for Educational Accountability.
  • More rigorous learning expectations for students
  • Clearer curriculum guidelines for teachers.
  • Content-based professional development for all teachers and parents.
  • Additional expectations for monitoring and supporting student learning.
  • Reallocate resources based on recommendations of the Dallas Achieves! Commission to meet learning expectations for students.