UPDATED 1/12/09 1:16 p.m.: By now, I'm sure the district's new grading rules need no introduction, after being roundly lampooned by this blog's commentors and by national media and pundits. Nevertheless, the district firmly believes that the vast majority of...
Denise Collier, the career educator brought in to oversee aggressive academic reform efforts in DISD, is leaving the district. Dr. Collier will retire at the end of August when her contract ends. DISD spokesman Jon Dahlander said Dr. Collier is...
UPDATED 5:21 p.m. with NEW DOCUMENTS: The Superintendent, Denise Collier and board prez Jack Lowe paid a visit to the paper's editorial board yesterday afternoon to make their case in support of the new grading rules. The meeting lasted about...
Some of you may have seen yesterday's li'l dust-up over on FrontBurner regarding the grading rules, and how Jon Dahlander's BFF says we made a big whoopity-to-do over nada. He let the district off the hook for its "miscommunication," while...
UPDATE after the jump. Last week, the Superintendent and others asked teachers to reserve judgment on the new grading rules until after their principals had a chance to talk to them about the rules and why they're needed. Those conversations...
What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Part of 'Pacman' Jones' strategy to get himself reinstated in the NFL is to give school uniforms to DISD kids. What a nice guy. Question: Will they made of kevlar?...
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