Mothers Against Teen Violence took on DISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa today. A spokeswoman for the group criticized Hinojosa for not making the cage fights at South Oak Cliff High School public and for not briefing the school board (she's not...
Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Cage fights? Seriously? What kind of principal would allow that sort of thing? ** An interesting, but long, back-and-forth on "value added" teacher assessment in Tennessee. It includes a response from William...
Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** A think tank study finds that "In 2000, Dallas was outscored by 100 percent of the state's school districts. By 2007, just 90 percent of suburban and rural districts did better than...
Today's buffet of hot district morsels ... ** The world's richest philanthropy gives DISD $3.8 million to expand on some cool new data tools that are under development. ** Remember the law firm DISD hired in the wake of the...
Ron Price and several community members (with Fox4 in tow) went to Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins' office yesterday to ask for an investigation into leaked student records at South Oak Cliff High School. (Channel 8's Brett Shipp obtained...
The district investigation into alleged grade changing for athletes at South Oak Cliff turned up no wrongdoing related to the 2005 and 2007 state championship teams. New rules are coming for schools soon. Roosevelt might want to take some notes....
Jones netted the 2008-09 Principal of the Year award a luncheon this morning. Along with bragging rights, Jones -- a 31-year vet of the district -- gets a $2,500 check. Full press release after the jump....
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