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Culturally Responsive Restorative Practices: Preliminary Data from Participating Schools, 2019-2020
This report provides a brief overview of Culturally Responsive Restorative Practices, an innovative framework intended to address discipline disparities and improve school climate and culture at ten AISD schools. This work is part of a 5-year, $3.5 million Education Innovation and Research (EIR)…Fulmore Middle School Choir Invited to Perform at Carnegie Hall
Choir students at Fulmore Middle School may be taking the stage at Carnegie Hall with the support of the Austin community.World-renowned composer and conductor Francisco Núñez invited the students to join a performance of his composition, “Music for Treble Voices,” Jan. 20. The performance is part of the Distinguished Concert Singers International, which brings together choir groups from…
Afterschool Centers on Education Boys and Girls Clubs of the Austin Area Cycle 10 Final Report, 2019-2020
The Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE) is the program administered through the Texas Education Agency (TEA) for the federally funded 21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) grants. The ACE BGCAA Cycle 10 program provides intentional afterschool program experiences that are high quality,…INVEST: Working to Improve Outcomes for First-Time Substance Use Offenders Evaluation Findings, 2004-2005
The INVEST sessions are intended to help students and their parents improve communication skills, improve anger management strategies, develop positive conflict resolution methods, develop problem-solving skills, and access support services as needed. When a middle or high school student is removed…AISD Invites Community Input on Any Given Child Creative Learning Initiative
Austin, TX—The Austin Independent School District will host a community meeting to gather input regarding the Any Given Child 10-year strategic plan at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at the McCallum High School Performing Arts Center.
Home is Where the School Is
“The quality of area schools is consistently one of the most important factors that homebuyers consider when choosing a new home,” said Austin Board of Realtors President Barb Cooper. "Homebuyers want to know how local schools measure up, and they look to their Realtor to point them in the right direction.”That’s why Austin ISD and the Austin Board of Realtors have partnered to educate local…
AISD Virtual Learning Summer Programs 2020
This report highlights successes and lessons learned from AISD 2020 virtual learning summer school programs. More than 13,000 AISD students in prekindergarten through grade 12 participated in these programs, which offered academic enrichment or acceleration, course credit recovery, and grade level…AISD Employee Experience
Employee Experience In Austin ISD, we are creating an environment of belonging where everyone has what they need to do the best work of their career and the desire to want to continue to do it here.
Austin ISD Increases Compensation for All
(La versión en español está disponible abajo) Superintendent Paul Cruz announced this morning permanent salary increases for staff, made possible after Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law HB3, a historic overhaul of the state's public education finance system. Cruz was joined by trustees, staff and representative from Education Austin and the Austin Association of Public School…
AISD Receives $4.48 Million Grant For On-Campus Mental Health Centers
The Criminal Justice Division of the Office of the Governor has awarded Austin Independent School District a grant of almost $4.5 million. These funds will provide mental health services to elementary children and their families who are victims of crime.AISD is the first school district in Texas to receive funding from this source.