I have been a guy who wanted to give Dallas School Superintendent Michael Hinojosa the benefit of the doubt in controversies up till now. In most cases, it seemed he was really dealing with messes and incompetence that he inherited...
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...
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...
Wasn't someone just saying that, contrary to popular perception, DISD is making big academic gains? Oh, yeah. That was me....
A letter to the editor in today's paper really rips into the Dallas Independent School District, saying it's full of corruption. But let's be fair. Apparently it's merely incompetent....
Dallas ISD reporter Kent Fischer has been trolling the blogosphere and found this nugget: Former DISD spokesman Donny Claxton has, for many months, been blogging about his new Brady Bunch-like family (A recent marriage means Donny is now father to...
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