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Entries tagged with 'accountability'Of TAKS and Texas Projection MeasuresI've been up to my eyeballs in state school ratings. The buzz this year is all about the "Texas Projection Measure," which is, depending upon whom you ask, either a great leveler of academic playing fields or a statistical trick... Dallas ISD Daily DishA programming note: Posting will be light this week due to Spring Break. And now, today's serving of hot district morsels ... ** Hmmm. A lengthy profile I wrote of Arnold Viramontes was supposed to be published this morning, but... Trustees say state rules on Academically Unacceptable 5-year closures 'unrealistic'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... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** A study of Texas fitness levels in students finds that out-of-shape kids are more likely to flunk than their more-fit peers. One more reason, kids, to step away from the cheese burgers.... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** I had no idea that bus drills were such a burden that "a dozen lawmakers" have filed bills in Austin to eliminate or reduce the practice. ** The bill to publish the... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Eduflack: "The Dallas education community is facing a serious discussion on the future of their public schools. Mayoral control may be the answer, but it works better in cities with a strong... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday'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 DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Bill McKenzie's thoughts on what should, and should not, happen re: school reform. "Our school accountability system is the way in which we know whether students are learning at grade level." Except... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's buffet of hot district morsels ... ** Nice profile of Skyline teacher/coach Larry Karl. ** Magnet school cattle call! ** The Observer stumbles upon an old NDHS yearbook signed by none other than Barefoot Sanders. ** No! The Eduwonkette... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's buffet of hot district morsels ... ** Some DISD kids designed parade floats, and will get recognized today for the effort. ** Seven Lincoln students are heading to Washington to cover the inauguration. ** Sen. Royce West's law firm... The bonus checks have arrived (for some)More than 1,200 Dallas public school employees received bonuses in their monthly paychecks today, the first ones handed out through a new effort to reward workers for boosting student achievement. The bonuses ranged from several hundred dollars for non-classroom workers... Dallas ISD Daily DishWhat the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Hinojosa got his review last night. We don't know exactly what was said, but he did not get the usual perfunctory contract extension. WFAA reports (via TXCN) as does CBS... Dallas ISD Daily DishWhat the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** DISD to be "safer" for gay students. ** Looks like we all did the "teachers are scared" story yesterday. However, I might be the only reporter in town who got... Dallas ISD Daily DishWhat the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** DISD teacher SingleMom continues blogging about DISD inservice for new teachers. Question: Did the PDAS training include anything about CEI's? ** Back to school season is officially underway. ** Texas... What happens from Elementary to Middle Schools?As we have read, the Accountability Ratings have been published and Kent mentioned something that troubles me as a middle school teacher. We have a ton of elementary schools with Recognized and Exemplary ratings but the number of middle schools... School ratings are in ...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,... Dallas ISD Daily DishWhat 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:... Dallas ISD Daily DishWhat the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Something very similar to DISD's high school redesign effort has just been declared a failure by a research study. And by "failure" they meant better test scores. But resulting in... New Spruce principal announcedAlthough astute readers of this blog learned this tidbit a week ago (see the second comment on this thread), the district made the official announcement today: Dr. Lucy Hakemack (right) is moving to Spruce from the Early College High School... Our very first 'Comment of the Week' awardWe're starting a new Monday feature today where we'll honor, with extra special attention, the *best* reader-written comment we received from the previous week. Call it the Golden COW Award, short for the Comment of the Week. This blog receives... |