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Dallas ISD Daily Dish

Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Mr. Teacher is not happy with the lack of planning at his school. Find out why his kids were watching a movie instead of getting in some instruction. ** Today is the...


Dallas ISD Daily Dish

Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** See, the thing about these CEI's is that they're constructed so that the district average moves each year, meaning there are always going to be teachers in the bottom quintile. Also, the...


Dallas ISD Daily Dish

Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Jack Floyd takes on the new grading rules that are "spreading like kudzu." ** The district names a "Service Center" after a long-time principal who helped break barriers in Dallas. ** Mr....


Dallas ISD Daily Dish

Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Is it me, or does this sound like the death knell for the Learning Centers? ** Dallas.org live-blogged yesterday's briefing. ** Yesterday was not kind to Mr. Teacher. ** District administrator Linda...


Dallas ISD Daily Dish

Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** McKenzie asks how to get rid of teachers who aren't adding value to a classroom. A better question: How do we get the best teachers we already have into the neediest schools?...


Dallas ISD Daily Dish

Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Dallas County Schools have put 28 "green" buses on the road of late. ** Gerald Britt of the Central Dallas Ministries is underwhelmed by DISD's plans for its low-performing high schools. In...


Dallas ISD Daily Dish

Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Hinojosa said he wants to reconsider the district's policy of charging PTSAs to use school facilities. ** The Opinionaters are displeased over a lack of improvement plans for Spruce and Samuell. The...


Dallas ISD Daily Dish

Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Hinojosa's plan to extend the school year and school day at the district's struggling high schools brought out the TV cameras for yesterday's meeting. Here are the links: CBS 11; NBC 5;...


Dallas ISD Daily Dish

Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Gun-toting tot puts Bushman Elementary on lockdown. Meanwhile, a budding pyro tried to burn down Browne Middle. I'm convinced both incidents are TAKS related. ** Can somebody get an AC repairman out...


Dallas ISD Daily Dish

Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** An El Paso publication says school administrators there make more than in Dallas. I can't vouch for the report's accuracy. ** Mr. Teacher recaps the fist day of TAKS testing. ** Kids...


Dallas ISD Daily Dish

Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** This morning's story on yesterday's report on big city schools. ** The district's fairly new dual language programs are a hit with parents. ** One more key lawmaker says the mayor ain't...


Dallas ISD Daily Dish

Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** It was a bad week for DISD: First the SOC grade-changing scandal claims a second state title, then the Mayor acknowledges stealth talks about taking over DISD. What will today bring? **...


Dallas ISD Daily Dish

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...


Dallas ISD Daily Dish

Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** As the economy worsens, the laid off turn to substituting. ** Something tells me this vote will be a referendum on whether residents think the C-F ISD is doing a good job....


Dallas ISD Daily Dish

Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Eduflack: "Education can learn a lot from business, both good and bad. But more efficient and effective? ... And if our economy is any indication, our confidence in the efficiency and effectiveness...


Dallas ISD Daily Dish

Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** A homeschooler wonders if some like them will get swept up the DISD's truancy crackdown. ** Districts see kids and dollar signs. ** We're short on math and science teachers. Still. **...


Dallas ISD Daily Dish

Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** A UT-Dallas researcher finds that high quality pre-school matters for low- income DISD kids. ** The Core Knowledge blog picks up our story from yesterday about truancy court but unfortunately doesn't add...


Dallas ISD Daily Dish

Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** "Most college-access programs produce lackluster results because they simply intervene too late - focusing primarily on the junior or senior year." ** 3,800 homeless kids in DISD. ** City Council committee today...


Dallas ISD Daily Dish

Today's buffet of hot district morsels ... ** Letter writer: "After evaluating private and public schools in the area, we found DISD had some of the best total curriculum offerings in the nation and possibly the world." The world? **...


Dallas ISD Daily Dish

Today's buffet of hot district morsels ... ** District students honor MLK and have both optimism and skepticism re: Obama. ** A report out of the San Antonio paper says the new Texas growth model for NCLB is modeled, in...

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