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Downtown viewed over the Paddock Viaduct, also known as the Main Street Viaduct, that traverses the West Fork of the Trinity River north of downtown Fort Worth. (Rodger Mallison | Fort Worth Report)
” data-medium-file=”https://fortworthreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DJI_0604-1-scaled-1.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://fortworthreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DJI_0604-1-scaled-1.jpg?fit=780%2C519&ssl=1″ tabindex=”0″ role=”button”>Fort Worth has all the right ingredients for economic success but one: a strong, high-achieving Fort Worth ISD. At least that is the assessment of local business leaders. Fort Worth ISD plays a key role in setting the economic direction of the nation’s 12th most populous city. As the largest school district in the city, its performance can make or break deals to bring companies to Fort Worth, according to the city’s economic power brokers. The school district is integral in building up Fort Worth’s workforce.Several business leaders joined Mayor Mattie Parker’s call for Fort Worth ISD to step up and improve after more than a decade of stagnant and low academic achievement. After the call for leadership, the school board accepted Angélica Ramsey’s resignation as superintendent. The city’s sustained growth, they said, depends on turning around Fort Worth ISD.“It’s critically important for us, as one of the fastest growing large cities in America, to make sure we have the best possible public education we can have in K-12,” said Robert Allen, president and CEO of the Fort Worth Economic Development Partnership.Fort Worth ISD ranks near the bottom among 25 school districts with similar demographics in the number of students meeting grade level on the state standardized test across all subjects, according to Texas Education Agency data.!function(){“use strict”;window.addEventListener(“message”,(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[“datawrapper-height”]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(“iframe”);for(var t in a.data[“datawrapper-height”])for(var r=0;r