Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** DISD trustee Carla Ranger writes on her blog about discrepancies noted in an internal district audit for the Adult Basic Education program. (I'm trying to get the report). Ranger states that the...
The state is scheduled to release annual school and school district academic ratings at 1 p.m. today. The Texas Education Agency rates campuses and school systems based mainly on TAKS scores. This year, graduation rates are also figured into ratings,...
Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** What am I missing? $4.6 million in textbooks sit unused in an Irving ISD warehouse, yet a district official says it's not "wasteful." Well, that's $4.6 million that you don't have to...
Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** A blogger asks: "Where the whites at?" We did something similar a while back, that shows exactly when the whites fled. ** Our story this morn on the mysterious $15 million deficit-reduction...
Today's buffet of hot district morsels ... ** Oh boy. Two teens accuse a DISD teacher of some very bad things. **RIF'd teachers get their last paychecks today. Some fear problems. If you've been shortchanged in your final check, drop...
What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Taxes on the rise in some districts, but not DISD, well, except for that bond package. ** DISD's new grading rules set limits on homework. Other districts are doing that,...
What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** The Lege needs to tackle school financing, again. ** $chool district$ are kicking into gear effort$ to round up no-$how $tudent$. Even the Mayor i$ involved. BackTalk is $keptical that...
What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Two lawsuit-related district items: Spruce suit dropped; family sues over son's gym class death. ** Editorial: House calls could help lure back drop outs. If only it were that easy...
What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** The Broad Prize ups the payout to $2 million smackeroos. ** New software helps parents track their kid's cafeteria spending. ** Knock, knock. Who's there? The Mayor. Got a link...
What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** BackTalk's take on the grading rules: Teachers "held hostage." ** Darth Vader teaches math. "The Pythagorean Theorem is your destiny." Mr. Teacher rocks. ** Trustees contemplate extending their terms from...
What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Kids in the Mayor's intern program had a good summer. ** Another report confirming what we already know: Blacks are dropping out at alarming rates. ** Dropout recovery money can...
What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Add another school accountability loophole to an already long list of loopholes. TEA grants this one after districts request time to "adapt" to new dropout standards. DISD was one of...
I've seen the term "drop out factories" thrown about regarding some of the local DISD high schools, and it's bothered me quite a bit. I believe the drop out problem begins much earlier, and often in elementary schools when kids...
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