Dallas ISD History
The number of Trustee districts in DISD.
What is 9?
Known for her song, "Tyrone".
Who is Erykah Badu?
This state created the first Board of Education.
What is Massachussetts?
This former D2 Trustee is now the head of TEA - the Texas Education Agency.
Who is Mike Morath?
This Supreme Court case declared that separate is not equal.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The year that the first Latina woman was elected to the DISD school board.
What is 2019?
This freshman member of Congress graduated from Hillcrest High School.
Who is Colin Allred?
This body oversees curriculum in the state of Texas
Who is the State Board of Education?
This organization was founded by Highland Park High School alumna Wendy Kopp.
What is Teach for America?
A taxpayer funded school that is exempt from the rules that a traditional public school must follow.
What is a charter school?
He was elected as the first Latino DISD School board member in 1969.
Who is Trini Garza?
This Joker graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1961 after getting kicked out of St. Marks.
Who is Steve Miller
The largest teachers' union in the United States.
Who is NEA?
This corporate reformer ran Washington DC's public schools from 2007-2010.
Who is Michelle Rhee?
What is the Accelerated Campus Excellence program?
Dallas ISD schools were declared officially desegregated in this year.
What is 2003?
1987 Heisman Trophy Winner
Who is Tim Brown?
He is often called the Father of Public Education in America.
Who is Horace Mann?
This law, passed in 2001, is often considered the start of the corporate education reform movement in the U.S.
What is No Child Left Behind?
Known by its acronym, NAEP.
What is the National Assessment of Educational Progress?
Number of schools in DISD.
What is 230?
Known for her role as Roz Doyle on Frasier, she is a graduate of Skyline High School.
Who is Peri Gilpin?
The acute fear of going to school.
What is didaskaleinophobia?
2010 documentary film which argued against teachers' unions and for charter schools.
What is Waiting for Superman?
Known by its acronym IDEA
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?