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Leadership ISD Unveils New Branding and Website

As we continue to grow and evolve as an organization, we want our visual identity to clearly reflect who we are as an organization. Our new logo and branding are designed to reflect our passion, commitment, and drive to ensure our education system rises to meet the needs of ALL students.

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Data Tool of the Month: 2022 Kids Count Data Book

Check out this great resource from the Annie E. Casey Foundation to get a better picture of the challenges children in Texas are facing that can significantly impact their ability to learn and thrive in school.

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Alumni Spotlight: Rachel Chewakin, Class of 2020

"Leadership ISD empowered me to take bold action to better serve students. As a fellow, I was reminded of the importance of leading with empathy and really digging into why and how our systems were designed to get the results they get.”

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Alumni Spotlight: Gabriel Hernandez

Gabe’s experiences growing up as a first-generation Latino led him to the classroom and motivate him to fight against systemic issues that hurt students.

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Alumni Spotlight: Courtney Rogers, Class of 2016

The Educator Collective was selected by D Magazine to receive their D CEO 2022 Innovation in Education award. “Leadership ISD introduced me to the education landscape in Dallas and taught me what the major issues were…”

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10 Years of Civic Voices Alumni

Congratulations to all of our Civic Voices Fellows, Class of 2022! We are so proud to have now sent out 10 years of fellowship cohorts into their communities to influence and affect change within our public school system.

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Building Community Coalitions

Over 60 members of the DeSoto community turned out to talk about the issues facing DeSoto ISD and learn more about how they can elect high-quality school board leadership and hold them accountable to better outcomes for their students.

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Ed-You-Talks Series — Learning Together

Last night, we hosted a panel of elected officials - all women of color - who provided great insight into how state and local education boards function and the power they have to close opportunity and achievement gaps for our students.

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Looking Ahead to 10 More Years of Impact

As we kick off 2022, I cannot believe it has already been 10 years since we started Leadership ISD and began working to ensure every child, regardless of race, income, or zip code has the opportunity to thrive in their education.

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