Dallas Achieves Commission

Reports

• April 2006: Strategic Alignment of Resources for High Academic Achievement
• April 2007: The Road to Broad and The Dallas Achieves Commission

The Dallas Achieves! Commission is a panel of 65 Dallas community and business leaders who in 2006 conducted a resource utilization effectiveness study of the Dallas Independent School District and made recommendations that would help propel the DISD to the best-in-nation status.

The commission’s recommendations address the need to strategically reallocate resources to meet student performance targets and to support changes that result from a curriculum audit.

The commission identified four common resource allocation best practice themes for the district’s success: accountability, the use of data, empowered principals, and equitable funding.

Its recommendations include:

• creating a long-term roadmap for comprehensive school reform
• establishing reform implementation and project teams
• improving facilities management and custodial services
• establishing a more efficient use of energy
• streamlining technology
• simplifying the district’s legal process
• identifying alternatives to the way school hallways are currently monitored
• finding a model that more equitably funds high- and low-performing schools.

The recommendations were incorporated into the 2006-2007 budget, which the Board of Trustees approved in June.

Co-Chairs:

• Arcilia Acosta
• Pettis Norman
• Don Williams

Members: