At one Dallas ISD middle school, handwritten hall passes are a thing of the past.
Robert T. Hill Middle School started using electronic hall passes to curb disruptive behavior and enhance security on campus.
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Robert T. Hill Middle School started using electronic hall passes to curb disruptive behavior and enhance security on campus.
The district shifted the times and locations of several sports games following a deadly shooting last week.
The district shifted the times and locations of several sports games following a deadly shooting last week.
"We are 100% in a climate right now that we could not take any chances when it comes to the safety of our school communities."
Dallas police say a group followed 17-year-old David Washington to a gas station Friday night. He was fatally shot by a 16-year-old, who is now charged with murder.
Dallas police said the driver and the passenger got into an argument as they drove south on Marsalis Ave.
About 500 kids started the school year with a fresh pair of shoes, thanks to a local nonprofit dedicated to empowering underserved students in Oak Cliff.
Thousands of Dallas ISD students returned to class Monday morning, including Pershing Elementary schoolers.
Dallas ISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde said there are only 70 teacher positions open in the school district, the lowest they've ever had.
Mayor Johnson said he expects to help out 10,000 kids at this year's fair.
Mayor Eric Johnson and Dallas ISD are hosting the 28th annual event to hand out school supplies, valuable services and resources.
Volunteers with United Way offered their morning to help at J.N. Ervin Elementary through an event called "Stock the School."
Ready or not, school starts back in a matter of days for several North Texans.
On Wednesday, DISD had the kickoff to their New Teacher Academy at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Downtown Dallas, where 650 new hires learned the ropes.
On Wednesday, DISD had the kickoff to their New Teacher Academy at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Downtown Dallas, where 650 new hires learned the ropes.
Texas may be booming, but that doesn't spare its schools from what's happening nationwide.
DISD announced that classes on Friday were canceled at Roosevelt High School of Innovation. The announcement came around midnight, hours after two students were shot near campus.
A Dallas Independent School District-organized event gave students at Wilmer-Hutchins High School a chance to share their frustrations about a shooting nearly a week ago.
Police have arrested a teenage suspect in the Wilmer-Hutchins High School shooting. The victim is on the mend. How the gun got into the school has not been publicly revealed.
Prayers are vehicles for answers, but a group that came to a church on Dallas' west side looking for solutions to gun violence after a school shooting left with none.
The 17-year-old accused of shooting a fellow student at Wilmer-Hutchins High School on Friday morning "intentionally and knowingly" brought a revolver to school, the arrest affidavit states.
The Dallas ISD trustee is hosting the town hall days after a student was shot at Wilmer-Hutchins High School.
The shooting happened inside a classroom and was targeted, stemming from a dispute, reports J.D. Miles.
The school district also says the student didn't respond to school that day.
A Molina High School student is recovering after he was shot in the leg Wednesday morning.
