Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy

I do not even know where to begin with this school! As an educator, I have been in many schools which claimed to be college prep but were nowhere near that. BOMLA is what all of those schools strive to be. Young men truly engaged in their classes. I was able to observe a robotics class, a flipped band class, a Socratic seminar where young men discussed a variance of religions.
School and admin are dedicated and focused on building the characters of the pupils and that is truly wonderful to see.
It was such a great experience, and I encourage any young man in the Dallas area to seek admissions.
A public school with a private school experience.

I love that I’m both entering this school into the Unilocal Dallas database and reviewing it first. As a college employee, I went for a tour of this school and fell in love with the place. First, don’t let the name fool you. It’s not a school for black students, only. I was pleased to see that there are black, Hispanic, and white students at this school.
The principal is genuinely excited about the opportunity he has to lead these boys and he gets even more excited when visitors arrive. He allowed me and my colleague to visit as many classrooms as we wanted and something really neat happened. In every class, a student would come to us and give us a personal greeting along with a brief description of what they were learning in class. How about this? One of the students in the Mandarin Chinese class, greeted us in the language!
I met the physical education teacher who is actually engaged in teaching the students… physical education. He’s not some old guy who stands over the students while they do push-​ups nor is he a babysitter. The teacher actually spoke to us about his methods for evaluating the physical state of his boys.
FYI, this is not a private school. It is a public school that has high standards for its students. I can’t say enough about how great this place seems to be, and I’ll make an effort to attend any events they hold.