Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Ragland: Until city and state usurpers coordinate their efforts it's all just politics. ** A new study finds art and music not impacted by testing mania. ** Commentary: "What does it say...
Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** SOC basketball coach James Mays is under scrutiny for the grade changing scandal that cost his team two state championships. ** Unfair Park listens to Leppert (re: mayoral control of DISD) and...
Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Our globe-trotting staff writer explores a topic we kicked around a while back: What can we learn from the Finns? ** Janet Morrison is heartened by the "visioning" paper put forth by...
Today's buffet of hot district morsels ... ** Over on a KERA blog, we're pointed to another blog where Hinojosa says the recent budget mess won't impact the district's effort to beef up its arts programs. ** Trustee Lew Blackburn...
What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** DISD gets $500k for art supplies. (Third item down.) ** Dallas.org talks to a labor lawyer who didn't like what he/she heard at last week's meeting re: unemployment benefits. **...
What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Our story from Friday's meeting, in case you missed it. WFAA's report from Friday's meeting. Dallas.org live blogged it. ** DISD Press weighs in on the $84 million shortfall. **...
We have lots of back-and-forth on this blog between teachers and parents about policy, the district's direction and general administration. I find it refreshing, though, when real folks weigh in on how all that impacts real kids. The recent...
A teen-age girl stands unclothed posing for the camera. A slave girl carries a man's booted leg in one hand and a saw in the other. A woman paints graffiti on a train as a form of art. They...
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