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KLRU Invites AISD to Help Guide New American Graduate Project
AISD is joining KLRU and community partners to raise awareness about dropout rates and to create sustainable solutions to boost high-school readiness,KLRU, Austin's PBS station, has been awarded a $200,000 American Graduate community service grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which is designed to raise awareness in Central Texas about the true costs of our youth leaving school…
DELTA Credit Recovery Annual Report, 2019-2020
This report includes findings regarding demographic characteristics and academic outcomes of DELTA students; highlights emerging topics from the student, teacher, and staff surveys; and provides recommendations for future program implementation.A Birthday Wish for LBJ: Here’s to Winning the Tomorrows in Front of Us—for All Students
Before I go to bed tonight, I am mindful that today is Lyndon Baines Johnson’s birthday. LBJ inspires me because he was an education-focused, civil rights champion. Over Memorial Day weekend, I took my parents out to LBJ State Park and toured his hometown and the park to learn more about his legacy. My parents still live in Selma, Alabama, where I grew up–a city that is still immersed in civil…
Texas Tribune Analysis: Schools Changing, and Not How You Might Think
Republished with permission from the Texas Tribune. Original article.by Ross Ramsey, The Texas TribuneJuly 15, 2015Whatever you might say about the state of public education in Texas today, this is not the same school system Texas was operating in the mid-1990s.
AISD Announces Elementary, Middle and High School Teachers of the Year
Austin, TX—Every teacher has a story. And for Austin ISD’s 2012 Teachers of the Year, the story of what set them on the path to becoming an educator began at an early age. Tracy Graham says her positive experience attending public schools inspired her to teach. Alicia Brown-Forbes says as a young child, she pretended to teach her siblings and knew that teaching was her calling. As a first-…
Open Letter to Austin ISD Taxpayers - Carta abierta dirigida a los contribuyentes del Austin ISD
Dear Taxpayers: You may have noticed that your recent tax bill included a line item attributed to the Austin Independent School District. I would like to explain what happens to over a third of the school property tax dollars you may believe are being used to support our own Austin students.
Celebrate School Board Recognition Month
January is dedicated to honoring some of the hardest working members of Team AISD: our Board of Trustees. This month is School Board Recognition Month and Austin ISD invites its families, staff and community members to recognize the nine members of AISD’s school board who dedicate their time to serving the district’s 86,000 students. Learn about our Board of Trustees below.
Hill Elementary School
Hill Elementary in Northwest Austin, is a National Blue Ribbon School. Hill Elementary offers the Foreign Language Experience Program in first through fifth grades. Our school offers a wide variety of activities such as math pentathlon, choir, student leadership team, and art club. Hill Elementary…
CARES 2019–2020 Evaluation: A Brief Review of the Second Year of Implementation
This report describes the activities and accomplishments of AISD's CARES team during the second year of implementation, school year 2019–2020. Highlights include how CARES team members were able to: maintain and in many cases exceed high-quality standards, continue progress monitoring, and…Austin Schools Post Gains on Federal Report Card
En Español No District School on Improvement Plan for the First Time Since 2003