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Entries tagged with 'stimulus bill'Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Two locals are finalists for the Superintendent' job in Reno: Kim Olson and Hector Montenegro. Looks like reporters there have been using the Google machine. [ducking] ** Now the Lege is getting... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** McKenzie: Data alone isn't enough to improve schools. ** Wither PTAs? ** A state rep wants the board's canceled election decision put to a vote of the people. So says Carla Ranger.... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Frank Lester sounds like the kind of man who strapped on his shoes each morning and went to work, doing the jobs that don't get noticed, until nobody's there to do them... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday'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 DishToday'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... A more detailed look at DISD's stimulus windfallThe New America Foundation has set up a blog to monitor the eduction side of Obama's economic recovery plan. Yesterday, the "nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute" examined the stimulus estimates by district, looking specifically at funding per student: Some districts... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** A student from Carr Elementary was hit and killed yesterday. CBS 11 says the driver was a school counselor. ** The state's pull back on school bond guarantees will last through the... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday'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... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday'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 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 ... ** One of our editorial writers says the only way to save DISD from becoming a "Robin Hood" district is to pump "hundreds of millions" more to poor districts. ** DISD wants to... DISD's slice of the stimulus pie, Part 2The Stimulus Bill Round 1 put DISD at over $200 million, but the finalized version of the bill knocked the total down by about half. Here are the details, courtesy of the House Education and Labor Committee. The biggest change... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** The Texas Watchdog struggles to find a copy of the district's check register on DISD's website. An easy solution is simply to click the "DISD Files" link to the right, where you'll... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** DISD and Houston are once again on the verge of becoming "property rich" districts, prompting a committee of lawmakers to urge overhauling how the state funds schools. ** OU recruiting more smart... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Our globe-trotting staff writer explores a topic we kicked around a while back: What can we learn from the Finns? ** Janet Morrison is heartened by the "visioning" paper put forth by... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Remedial programs in districts comprising Region 10 are lagging. Nobody asked why. ** Some DISD kids can watch an opera live. At a movie theater. On a Saturday. I bet they're excited.... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday'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 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... |