A week after making one of his bigger hires in Teach for America's Charles Glover, incoming Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Mike Miles continues to fill out his administrative team. Tuesday, the district announced that it has hired the first five of an eventual 20 executive direct ... More >>
Via The Past WhispersBack to the Dallas Independent School District trustees' to-do list for Thursday ...Like I said, lots of interesting stuff there, beginning at the top of the briefing agenda: "Discussion of 2010-2011 Repurposing Plans for Academically Unacceptable (AU4) Schools." That AU4 ref ... More >>
I mentioned this in passing Sunday: The Arizona Daily Star discovered, or so it thought, that Southwest Airlines's attorneys snuck into its contract of carriage a new definition of "act of God" should you find yourself delayed: "mechanical difficulties." To which the Love Field-based airline resp ... More >>
Latino activist Carlos Quintanilla's combative style makes enemies, even among his friends
