Subject:

Alex Spence

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    February 17, 2012

    Council to Vote on Lifting Alcohol Spacing Rules in Deep Ellum, With Uplift's Blessings

    ​At the risk of turning this into Uplift Park ...At long last, peace has been made between Uplift Education and those business operators and property owners in Deep Ellum worried that a charter school in the neighborhood would spell the beginning of its end as an entertainment district. It's the " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    And Now For the George W. Bush Institute's Second Initiative: "Middle School Matters"

    See, Thomas C. Marsh -- middle school does matter.​Way back in September, Laura Bush stopped by North Dallas High School to introduce the George W. Bush Institute's education initiative intended to change "the way America's public school principals are identified, recruited, selected, prepared, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    Big Bucks's Good "Karma"

    ​I didn't find out John Lennon had been killed till the morning of December 9, 1980 -- it was all we talked about on the bus ride to Alex W. Spence Middle School as we listened to Double Fantasy blaring from a classmate's enormo jambox. One of our teachers -- the theater-artsy one -- wore a black ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    "I Am a DISD Student. I Deserve to be Educated to the Fullest of My Potential. I Am TAG."

    School for the Talented and Gifted at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview CenterAs of this afternoon, we've got 50-plus good reasons why we run comments on Unfair Park. They're affixed to Jim's Friday-evening item concerning the potential fate of DISD's magnet schools and learning centers. Jim and I marveled t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2008

    I Too Was "Academically Acceptable"

    School for the Talented and Gifted at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview CenterAs of this afternoon, we've got 50-plus good reasons why we run comments on Unfair Park. They're affixed to Jim's Friday-evening item concerning the potential fate of DISD's magnet schools and learning centers. Jim and I marveled t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2007

    Hulk Smash, But Greg Pak Sign

    School for the Talented and Gifted at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview CenterAs of this afternoon, we've got 50-plus good reasons why we run comments on Unfair Park. They're affixed to Jim's Friday-evening item concerning the potential fate of DISD's magnet schools and learning centers. Jim and I marveled t ... More >>

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