That's the question that DISD officials are trying to get an answer to, too, according to Tawnell Hobbs over on the Dallas ISD blog. When I first saw the alleged hazing story last night on NBC-Channel 5, it certainly grabbed...
Awhile back DISD was auctioning off the spoils of its credit card scandal. It looks like someone is now trying to turn some of those items again -- supposedly in the name of charity. "Stolen DISD Goods -- $100" reads...
My colleague, Tawnell Hobbs, is asking whether folks think a school should be named after Callejo, the civil rights activist who came under fire for pointing out that Barack Obama would have an uphill climb to be president because of...
Congratulations are in order for the teachers and leaders at the Dallas Independent School District. Somehow, midst the district's never-ending drama, student performance keeps improving. For the first time, it looks like a majority of Dallas schools have earned the...
Dallas School Superintendent Michael Hinojosa was guest speaker at the Southeast Dallas Chamber of Commerce luncheon today. "I'm a macho Mexicano," he joked. "But I have cried twice in the last two weeks." He said he cried the first time...
School districts in Texas have had magnet schools for years. School districts in Texas have been receiving federal funds for years. So why is there suddenly so much confusion over the rules for funding them? TEA now says -- for...
Boy, based on this Tawnell Hobbs news tease, it certainly looks that way. The Texas Attorney General's office says the school board apparently goofed wihen a majority of trustees voted to extend their own terms by a year. Just had...
State Rep. Yvonne Davis was so confident in her proposed legislation to split the Dallas Independent School District into two or more pieces that she didn't bother showing up for the House Public Education Committee hearing on the bill. Davis...
I took Yvonne Davis to task in this column for proposing ill-advised and poorly orchestrated legislation aimed at splitting the Dallas Independent School District into two or more systems. My main problem was not with the idea but with Davis'...
Hey, Steve, as much as I appreciate our calm cubicle chats, it may be time for us to take a page from South Oak Cliff High School and stage our own cage match. I noticed that story has about 100...
Reading our news story today about the new Brookings report on DISD and other urban school districts reminded me of something a couple of experts taught me a few years ago. The essence is this: It's impossible to talk about...
Nice column today, Jack, on the question of whether the mayor should assume control of Dallas public schools. Here's my somewhat shorter analysis of this controversy: Much ado about nothing....
Notice I said hiring squad, and not firing squad. Because as trustee Ron Price can tell you, the board isn't inclined to issue a vote of confidence in the super, let alone fire him. Dr. Hinojosa still has f-o-u-r years...
...You just have to spot it. A letter-writer-to-the-editor today laments the gloomy tone of most news stories, and urges readers to maintain an optimistic outlook. They don't have to look that far: On the opposing page is editorial colleague Bill...
I saw school board president Jack Lowe say on TV last night that it was hard to find a good time to extend board members' terms. Hint: This still isn't it....
The newest Mister Fixit over at DISD is Larry Throm, a veteran CFO with a history of turning around financially troubled school districts. He says, with sunny confidence, that the Dallas district's woes are "absolutely fixable." Like that little angel-and-devil...
Ed, you said it was a headline DISD didn't need: "Dallas teacher accused of smoking crack while driving." Over on Frontburner, Tim Rogers is saying it's a headline that never should have been written. Rogers writes: "[Donald Keith] Johnson wasn't...
...before I move on to cheerier topics. As I say, some people aren't going to satisfied with anything short of the superintendent's resignation, and they're hostile to anyone willing to settle for less: What twisted logic you display Ms. Floyd....
It's sad, painful reading over at the DISD blog, where colleagues are chronicling the misery in Dallas schools as news of who's-fired filters out. I have been e-mailing back and forth with a veteran teacher who is not among the...
That's the question my colleague, Kent Fischer, is asking over on the Dallas ISD Blog. I'll tell you what I think in my next column, one that may be up online before you start your commute home, or one that...
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