Superintendent Michael Hinojosa has some 'splaining to do. It sure looks like he sneaked a proposed pay raise on the agenda for someone whom trustees had already set a pay scale. I'm not buying the super's explanation that he was...
Well, that's what your new BFFL is suggesting from his POTUS perch. Now that's a speech I'd like to see Obama pipe into schools across America; on that score, kids on both sides of the aisle would probably tell him...
Here's an encouraging, hopeful story about one Dallas high school that seems to be making inroads in terms of turning around academic achievement and pointing more students in the right direction. I especially took note of two of the keys...
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, Jack, you asked what I think about the black Grand Prairie principal who met with dozens of black students to encourage, or prod, them to do better on state-mandated performance tests. In a word: brilliant. This principal, Joseph Showell,...
Maybe the mayor's put the idea to bed. But The Wall Street Journal takes a stab at the issue, noting Leppert's brainstorm. For some reason, the mayor doesn't want to put flesh on his idea -- although yours truly has...
Reader reaction has been really strong. Thanks to Trey Garrison for taking note of the column over on his blog -- although, Trey, buddy, I will point out that I didn't use similar "tortured logic" in my Six Flags column....
A newly released study of 37 of the nation's largest urban school systems found that city schools are improving more than other school districts in their respective states. The study, done by The Brown Center on Education Policy at the...
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...
Now that the Dallas school board has declared a state of financial emergency, and Superintendnet Michael Hinojosa and his staff continue to search for ways to end the bleeding, I'd sure like to talk to the two known employees who've...
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