Apryl Baylor

It’s #Power2theGirl with @dallasmavs CEO Cynt Marshall and 300 girls from @GirlsIncDallas! @cyntmarshall helped the girls harness their inner power to be STRONG, SMART & BOLD! #GirlPower #mavscare #thisiswhyweplay

@GirlsIncDallas #power2thegirl Girls @GpciCounseling Grand Prairie Collegiate Institute are STRONG SMART & BOLD!

@foreverfitfiner Happy belated birthday!

It's picture day at Grand Prairie Collegiate Institute and the scholars came camera-ready. A senior was caught being kind when he took a few moments to assist a younger scholar with his tie. #BeKindGPISD

iPad Technology Parent Night August 27, 2019 - 6:30PM @SGPHS Theatre This year GPISD will issue over 29,000 iPads to students from kinder - 12th grade. During this district-wide event technology, staff will share information about internet safeguards, insurance, & iPad usage.

Thank you @docspeaks! You can count on us to shine our light in dark places. #gpisdconvocation2019 #gpisd #realtalk

☝️#ThankYouLord 🙌 #DocSpeaks 🎤💫 A #masterclass “Better Together #247” 🤩🤝 @grandprairieisd 💯

The Officer AJ Castaneda (@GrandPrairiePD) memorial portrait is completed. A huge thanks to @GPFAA102 for lending their talents to this project and to the Grand Prairie community for rallying together during this time of loss.

SR Benaiah Okrah attended 3 different high schools in TX before finding a home at Grand Prairie Collegiate Institute. He has lived in Ghana & England and will attend @UT_Dallas, majoring in Finance. He was accepted into 21 universities & offered over $600,000 in scholarships.

#EDLE6580 here

To close out #KickButtsWeek, Ms. Wright and Ms. Lewis are spotlighting E-cigarettes, Vapes and Jewels.

54 years ago today, we were beaten, tear gassed, trampled by horses, and left bloody on that bridge in Selma. But we cannot rest. We cannot become weary. We must honor those who gave their lives for the right to vote. We must continue to find a way to get in the way. #goodtrouble

Grand Prairie ISD uses STOPit, an online and app-based reporting system, for students and parents to anonymously report concerns about school violence, bullying, and self-injury to school administrators. #BeKindGPISD #BeKindOnline

@drjeffmiller #EDLE6580 Join in on the conversation any time. My cohort and I looking forward to reading your work. twitter.com/drjeffmiller/s…

@DoughneyJ #EDLE6580 Q5. Based mainly on standardized test scores, A-F school rating systems tend to assign grades in which the socioeconomic status of the school is the single best predictor of the grade, ignoring the efforts being made in the most challenged educational environments.

@DoughneyJ #EDLE6580 Q4. The validity of A-F is determined via perception. One can argue that the need among certain stakeholders for the system to generate a pattern in line with preconceived biases on its own threatens the integrity of the system from the beginning.

@DoughneyJ #EDLE6580 Q3. (3/3) A-F systems put at risk the ability of schools to meet actual student needs. A-F school grades defies logic.

@DoughneyJ #EDLE6580 Q3. (2/3) A-F states frequently tweak the rules behind their systems to produce results that better match some preconceived or politically acceptable expectation.

@DoughneyJ #EDLE6580 Q3. (1/3) A-F school rating systems tend to assign grades in which the socioeconomic status of the school is the single best predictor of the grade, ignoring the efforts being made in some of the most challenged educational environments.

@matthewaynelson #EDLE6580 Correct. Tanner asserts that the majority of the difference was created through a change in the rules, not a change in the educational system.

A2: Florida, who implemented this accountability system in 1999, admits the majority of gains in their schools have been due to changes in rules and NOT as a result of actionable data gleaned from A-F. #edle6580