Newsweek is out with its list of top schools — and DISD's Talented and Gifted came in at No. 1 with the Science and Engineering magnet following up at No. 2. I have to be honest, I don't put much...
DISD has notified the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools that its high schools will no longer seek accreditation from the group. Instead, district high schools will rely solely on a new state accreditation for the stamp of approval graduates...
UPDATED 11/7: Robert Glen Martin, the computer science teacher at the School for the Talented and Gifted in Dallas, has been named a finalist for the "O'Donnell Texas AP Teacher Award" and is eligible to receive a $30,000 cash prize...
A few weeks ago, district trustees got a progress report on Dallas Achieves. The presentation raised the notion that some of DISD's high schools are being held back because magnet schools siphon off their best students. We decided to check...