Tue, 09/28/2021 - 08:33

Dallas ISD learned from a signature effort to help students

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Paul L. Dunbar was an elementary school on the brink, just two points away from failing state academic standards in 2018, when the district tapped Alpher Garrett-Jones to serve as principal.

The school leader said “morbid” data showed more than half of her students failed state tests and nearly 1 in 10 received an out-of-school suspension. Most lived in poverty and — in their neighborhood just blocks from Fair Park — young kids have already navigated the aftermath of violent crime.

Source consulted https://www.dallasnews.com

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