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,...
District trustees are balking at several proposals to revamp Spruce and Samuell high schools, saying time is too short and state demands are too extreme to pull off the changes before the start of the next school year. The two...
Still no movement on the district's request to reallocate about $18 million in salaries to the federal Title I program. While not make-or-break, the reallocation is an important part of the district's deficit-reduction plan. The district first went to TEA...
What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** As predicted, trustees extended their terms last night. Tod Robberson likens the move to that of Third World dictators. CBS 11 and WFAA filed reports. The Observer also gives us...
What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** A state academic monitor yesterday lashed the district's efforts to help low-performing campuses, but I think the headline on this CBS 11 story is a bit misleading -- there's nothing...
FrontBurner had it first, but we'll flesh it out for you. State schools czar Robert Scott is coming up to meet with district brass on Friday for what is being described as an "update" on DISD's efforts to erase its...
We've mentioned here a few times a key part of the district's deficit-reduction plan involves shifting the salaries of some 300 employees over to a federal Title I grant. This is a somewhat sketchy idea, as the rules for federal...
This is unlikely to make it into tomorrow's paper, but it's interesting so I thought I'd share. It's a TEA spokeswoman's response to a few questions I posed earlier in the day: What is/was the commissioner's response to the board...
What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Lowering the drinking bar? ** The Gov. says locals should decide if teachers can pack heat. ** The watchdogs are now being watched. Got a link we missed or an...
UPDATED 4:03 P.M. For the second year in a row the Dallas ISD was rated Academically Acceptable, obtained via a state "exception" which forgave the district's low graduation and high drop out rates. Eighty-eight other districts also got the reprieve,...
What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Accountability ratings to be released today. ** The state tosses out the old management in North Forest ISD. ** DISD Press defends bloggers. Some people have accepted the new order:...
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