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[Michael Hinojosa is poised to finish his decades-long education career in the same school district where he started.]

Dallas ISD superintendent Michael Hinojosa gets new five-year contract, with an intriguing incentive package Michael Hinojosa is poised to finish his decades-long education career in the same school district where he started.The district’s board of...

[Their answers to “Why do I teach?” and “What do I need?” reflect a relentless passion for their jobs, a desire for more autonomy and calls for more funding — not in their take-home pay but for their classrooms. Also on their wish lists: parents enthused about supporting their kids, time for lesson planning and administrators with a teacher’s heart.

Each participant arrived at the photo shoots, which moved from school to school the last three months of 2018, with a prop that illustrated his or her teaching story.]

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"Our November ballot gives us an opportunity to continue that fight by investing in Dallas ISD to make sure that all public school children in Dallas receive a better education. Proposition C asks us, the taxpayers, to approve a small property tax increase to invest more resources into public schools through efforts for racial equity, raises for teachers and support staff, increased access to high quality pre-kindergarten, and more choice and specialty schools to better meet the needs of all of our students."

Voting for the Dallas ISD TRE will help give students of color equal opportunity I was 18 years old when I started working with Martin Luther King. He was so committed to us getting our education that he would tell us, If you...

"Education is the key used to unlock the mind that allows our children to dream, plan, and achieve their goals. Like a good cook, DISD has found the right recipe for success with ingredients like investments in great teachers, support for the highest-need campuses, full-day Pre-K, dual language, science and technology education, and innovative school models.

As a teacher, I know how hard school communities in our district are fighting for the lives and futures of their students. Shouldn’t we be fighting for them also? Your vote for the TRE will provide Dallas ISD the funding needed to continue to change the odds for current and future students."

A Dallas ISD Distinguished Teacher on Supporting Prop C, the Tax Ratification Election - D Magazine During the last week of early voting, teacher Eric Hale writes about how 13 cents can move the district from poverty to prosperity.

"Voters need accurate information about the progress Dallas ISD is making if they hope to make an informed decision in the voting booth, and here are the facts: Dallas ISD is the most improved large school district in Texas, and has more A rated campuses than any district in the state."

Dallas ISD’s Pre-K is Making A Huge Impact, And That’s Worth Our Investment Earlier this week I attended a community meeting hosted by my Dallas ISD board trustee to provide information on Propositions A-D…

"The district is moving in the right direction, but it can’t let up. It also can’t cut its way to success. To pay for programs that are working, it cut $60 million from the budget last year, including librarians and counselors.

Voters should approve the TRE to give the DISD a chance to continue its progress to becoming the kind of district students deserve and this city needs."

Vote FOR Propositions A,B,C & D on your ballot to benefit Dallas public schools. Early voting starts Monday, October 22!

We recommend voters approve DISD’S tax ratification election Voters in Dallas ISD’s tax ratification election will soon have a chance to decide what kind of school district they want over the next five...