Education in Dallas

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Dallas, Texas, United States, has a number of universities, colleges, schools and libraries.

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Colleges and universities

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Dallas Hall at Dedman College at Southern Methodist University

Dallas is a major center of education for much of the South Central United States. The city itself contains several universities, colleges, trade schools, and educational institutes. Several major Universities also lie in enclaves, satellite cities, and suburbs of the city, including the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, the University of Dallas in Irving, Dallas Christian College in Farmers Branch, Devry University Dallas in Irving, the University of North Texas in Denton, the University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington and the Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie.

Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a private, coeducational university located in University Park, an enclave of Dallas. It was founded in 1911 by the Southern Methodist Church [1] and now enrolls 6,500 undergraduates, 1,200 professional students in the law and theology departments, and 3,500 postgraduates SMU is also the home of the Cox School of Business. [2]

Dallas Baptist University (DBU) is a private, coeducational university located in the Mountain Creek area of southwestern Dallas. Originally located in Decatur, it moved to Dallas in 1965. [3] The school currently enrolls over 5,500 students. [4]

The University of North Texas at Dallas, currently located at a temporary site south of Oak Cliff along Interstate 20, [5] is being built in south Dallas along Houston School Road. [6] It will be the first public university within Dallas city limits.

Paul Quinn College is a private, historically Black college located in southeast Dallas. Originally located in Waco, Texas, it moved to Dallas in 1993 and is housed on the campus of the former Bishop College, another private, historically Black college. Dallas billionaire and entrepreneur Comer Cottrell, founder of ProLine Corporation, bought the campus of Bishop College and bequeathed it to Paul Quinn College in 1993. The school enrolls 3,000 undergraduate students.

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School is a medical school located in the Stemmons Corridor of Dallas. It is part of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, again one of the largest facilities of its kind in the world. The school is highly selective, admitting around 200 students a year. The facility enrolls 3255 postgraduates.

Schools

Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (DISD) in the Arts District Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.jpg
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (DISD) in the Arts District
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W. H. Adamson High School (DISD) in Oak Cliff

The Dallas Independent School District, which covers most of the city, is one of the largest school districts in the United States. It operates independently of the city and enrolls over 161,000 students. [7] One of the district's magnet schools, the School for the Talented & Gifted, was named the #1 school in the United States (in a list of public and private schools) by Newsweek [8] in 2006 and 2007. The Science and Engineering Magnet, another local magnet school, was ranked eighth in 2006 and second in 2007 in the same survey.

Dallas extends into several other school districts including Carrollton-Farmers Branch, Duncanville, Garland, Highland Park, Mesquite, Plano, and Richardson. The Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District once served portions of southern Dallas, but it was shut down for the 2005-2006 year. WHISD students started attending other Dallas ISD schools during that time. Following the close, the Texas Education Agency consolidated WHISD into Dallas ISD, which will work to rebuild the schools in the former WHISD area.

A governmental agency called Dallas County Schools provides transportation services and other services to the school districts in Dallas County.

In addition Dallas County Community College District operates the Richland Collegiate High School.

In 2018 Dallas ISD board member Joyce Foreman asked Dallas City Council to no longer zone property to allow additional charter schools. [10]

Libraries

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The J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, looking northwest from Young Street and Ervay Street

The city is served by the Dallas Public Library system. The system was originally created by the Dallas Federation of Women's Clubs with efforts spearheaded by then-president Mrs. Henry (May Dickson) Exall — Her work raising money led to a grant from philanthropist and steel baron Andrew Carnegie, which enabled the construction of the first branch in 1901. [11] Today the library operates 25 branch locations throughout the city. [12] The Dallas Public Library also operates J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, the 8-story main library in the Government District of downtown. It also operates the Bookmarks Children's library in the Northpark Mall.

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the Stemmons Corridor operates a library across two branches on its north and south campuses. The library holds 256,000 volumes in all formats, including 83,000 books and 30,000 full-text electronic journals. [13]

Weekend supplementary education

The Japanese School of Dallas, a Japanese supplementary weekend school, conducts its classes, intended for Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans, at Ted Polk Middle School in Carrollton; [14] the school has its main offices in Farmers Branch. [14] [15] Its classes were formerly held at Dan F. Long Middle School in the Dallas city limits. [16] [17]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dallas</span> City in Texas, United States

Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the 4th most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the most populous city in and seat of Dallas County with portions extending into Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties. With a 2020 census population of 1,304,379, it is the ninth-most populous city in the U.S. and the third-most populous city in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. Located in the North Texas region, the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the largest inland metropolitan area in the U.S. that lacks any navigable link to the sea.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Addison, Texas</span> Town in Texas, United States

Addison is an incorporated town in Dallas County, Texas, United States. Addison is situated to the immediate north of the city of Dallas, with a 2020 census population of 16,661.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Farmers Branch, Texas</span> City in Texas, United States

Farmers Branch, officially the City of Farmers Branch, is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States. It is an inner-ring suburb of Dallas and is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Its population was 35,991 at the 2020 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carrollton, Texas</span> City in Texas, United States

Carrollton is a city in Dallas, Denton, and Collin counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 133,434, making it the 23rd-most populous city in Texas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Southern Methodist University</span> Private university in Dallas, Texas, US

Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a private research university in University Park, Texas, with a satellite campus in Taos County, New Mexico. SMU was founded on April 17, 1911, by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South—now part of the United Methodist Church—in partnership with Dallas civic leaders. However, it is nonsectarian in its teaching and enrolls students of all religious affiliations. It is classified among "R-2: Doctoral Universities – High Research Activity".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dallas College Brookhaven</span> Community college in Farmers Branch, Texas, U.S.

Dallas College Brookhaven Campus is a public community college in Farmers Branch, Texas. It is one of seven campuses of Dallas College, and it opened in 1978, making it the newest campus in Dallas College.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dallas Independent School District</span> School district in Texas, United States

The Dallas Independent School District is a school district based in Dallas, Texas (USA). It operates schools in much of Dallas County and is the second-largest school district in Texas and the seventeenth-largest in the United States. It is also known as Dallas Public Schools (DPS).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Plano Independent School District</span> School district in Texas, United States

Plano Independent School District is an independent school district in southwestern Collin County, Texas, United States, based in Plano.

Wilmer–Hutchins Independent School District (WHISD) was a school district in southern Dallas County, Texas serving the cities of Wilmer and Hutchins, a portion of Dallas, and a small portion of Lancaster. The district served urban, suburban, and rural areas. Some unincorporated areas with Ferris addresses were served by WHISD. It closed in 2006 and was absorbed by the Dallas Independent School District.

Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (CFBISD) is a school district based in Carrollton, Texas, United States.

The Mid-Cities is a suburban region filling the 30-mile span between Dallas and Fort Worth. These communities include the cities of Arlington, Bedford, Colleyville, Coppell, Euless, Flower Mound, Grand Prairie, Grapevine, Haltom City, Hurst, Irving, Keller, Lewisville, Mansfield, North Richland Hills, Richland Hills, Southlake, and Watauga.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lake Highlands</span> Neighborhood of Dallas in Texas, United States

Lake Highlands is a neighborhood constituting most of Northeast Dallas. The neighborhood is a collection of dozens of subdivisions served by Richardson ISD and Dallas ISD public schools, as well as an array of private schools.

Warren Travis White High School is a public secondary school in Dallas, Texas (USA). W. T. White High School enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District.

South Oak Cliff High School is a public secondary school located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas, United States. South Oak Cliff High School enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District (DISD).

Wilmer-Hutchins High School is a public secondary school in Dallas, Texas (USA). A part of the Dallas Independent School District, Wilmer-Hutchins High was formerly part of the now defunct Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Renner, Dallas</span>

Renner is a section of Dallas, Texas, United States, within southwestern Collin County and southeastern Denton County, that was once a distinct rural community of approximately 10 square miles and housed the center of a nonprofit agricultural research organization.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">North Dallas</span> Place in Texas, United States

North Dallas is an area of numerous communities and neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas. The phrase "North Dallas" is also sometimes used to include any suburb or exurb north of Dallas proper within the metropolitan area. The majority of North Dallas is located in Dallas County, while a small portion is located in Collin and Denton counties. North Dallas generally includes areas of Dallas north of Northwest Highway, along with Lake Highlands and areas of Dallas north of IH-635 known as Far North Dallas. The area has strong social and economic ties to the Dallas enclave of Park Cities, and two inner suburbs of Dallas, Richardson and Addison.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Far North Dallas</span> Place in Texas, United States

Far North Dallas is the section of the city of Dallas, Texas which extends north of the Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway. Far North Dallas is part of North Dallas but is viewed as a distinct area. The area has strong social, economic, and political ties to two inner suburbs of Dallas, Richardson and Addison.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Whispering Hills, Dallas</span> Neighborhood in Dallas, Texas, United States

Whispering Hills is a neighborhood consisting of 615 homes within the Lake Highlands neighborhood of Dallas, Texas adjacent to the suburbs of Richardson and Garland. It is generally bounded by Buckingham Rd along the Richardson border to the north, to the east by the Garland border near Plano Rd, to the south by Walnut St, and to the west by the KCS Railroad and Audelia Branch Greenbelt near Audelia Rd.

The Japanese School of Dallas is a part-time Japanese educational program for Japanese citizens and Japanese Americans located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The school office in Dallas, and it conducts its classes at Ted Polk Middle School in Carrollton. As of 2015 Munetake Yamamura is the principal.

References

  1. ↑ SMU.edu - Facts About SMU History Archived January 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 9 May 2006.
  2. ↑ SMU.edu - Facts About Demographics Archived January 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 9 May 2006.
  3. ↑ Dallas Baptist University - History. Retrieved 18 October 2006.
  4. ↑ Dallas Baptist University - Facts and Statistics.
  5. ↑ University of North Texas Dallas Campus Archived 2012-04-12 at the Wayback Machine - Location Archived 2000-08-15 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 4 October 2006.
  6. ↑ University of North Texas Dallas Campus Archived 2012-04-12 at the Wayback Machine . New Campus Archived 2000-08-15 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 4 October 2006.
  7. ↑ DallasISD.org - DISD. Retrieved 1 May 2006.
  8. ↑ MSNBC.com - Newsweek America's Best High Schools Archived June 16, 2006, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 1 May 2006.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Live in Dallas (But Don’t Use Its Schools)" (Archive). The Dallas Morning News . Retrieved on March 8, 2016.
  10. ↑ Schutze, Jim (2018-06-25). "Using Crooked City Zoning to Punish Charter Schools Is a Truly Terrible Idea". Dallas Observer . Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  11. ↑ DallasLibrary.org - History. Retrieved 1 May 2006.
  12. ↑ DallasLibrary.org. Retrieved 13 March 2006.
  13. ↑ UT Southwestern Library Facts and Statistics. Retrieved 11 May 2006.
  14. 1 2 "学校紹介 Archived 2014-03-30 at the Wayback Machine ." Japanese School of Dallas. Retrieved on March 30, 2014. "学校所在地 JAPANESE SCHOOL OF DALLAS C/O TED POLK MIDDLE SCHOOL 2001 KELLY BLVD. CARROLLTON, TEXAS 75006" and "事務局所在地 JAPANESE SCHOOL OF DALLAS 4100 ALPHA RD. SUITE 917 DALLAS, TEXAS 75244"
  15. ↑ "City of Farmers Branch District Zoning Map" (Archive). City of Farmers Branch. Adopted February 24, 1969. Updated March 2013. Retrieved on April 30, 2014.
  16. ↑ "北米の補習授業校一覧" (). National Education Center, Japan (国立教育会館). October 29, 2000. Retrieved on April 16, 2015. "ダラス Japanese Language Advancement School of Dallas (郵便送付先) 4100 Alpha Rd. Suite 917, Dallas, TX 75244 U.S.A. [...] (学校所在地) 2525 Frank ford, Dallas, TX 75252 U.S.A. "
  17. ↑ "Home page Archived 2015-04-16 at archive.today ." Dan F. Long Middle School. Retrieved on April 16, 2015. "Dan F. Long Middle School 2525 Frankford Road | Dallas, TX 75287"
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