Every week, we poll the members of the editorial board on a timely and divisive topic. This week, the board was abuzz about the Highland Park school district's decision to stop ranking all but the top 10 percent of high...
Driving through Highland Park recently made me realize how bad their economy is. I saw a poodle on a leash that wasn't wearing clothes. Gene Furlong, Dallas...
Re: "Upside-Down Funding -- So Dallas and Houston are 'wealthy' districts?" Monday Editorials. Since a school district's wealth is based on property values, not individual income, it would help the problem to appraise property on real value. An example would...
At the Dallas Festival of Ideas this weekend, an SMU professor talking to the audience mentioned that there was celebrating in the streets in Highland Park, where he lives, after Obama won. Trying to help the out-of-towners on the panel...
Here's my problem with the tolls on Mockingbird idea. It's not about effectively moving traffic. It's a revenue grab, fuels Highland Park's elitist image and is counterproductive. Also the idea that drivers are "cutting through" makes it sound like drivers...
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