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News
May 9, 2013
Sex Ed the Texas Way
Dallas wants to close the book on abstinence-only education. Texas keeps getting in the way.
Blogs
May 9, 2013
Worth the Wait, DISD's Potential New Sex Ed Curriculum, Teaches Some Really Weird Stuff
This year, a group of parents and administrators at the Dallas Independent School District embarked on pretty much the most thankless task there is: finding a new sex ed curriculum for the district's students. The job is thankless in large part because no matter what they do, someone's going to get ... More >>
Blogs
April 25, 2012
Latest Texas Education News Proves: Reproduction is Way Overrated
So much happening on the education front these days. Earlier this week, Mayor Mike Rawlings broke with tradition and endorsed candidates for Dallas Independent School District's board. Not in his capacity as mayor, of course. That would be against the city's ethics rules. No, this was just good ol' ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2012
DISD (And A Whole Lot of Other School Districts) Not Buying Cheating Allegations From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
On Monday, we told you the Atlanta Journal-Constitution had published a broad investigation concluding that hundreds of school districts, including Dallas Independent School District, displayed "troubling test patterns" that could indicate widespread cheating. That day, DISD spokesman Jon Dahlander ... More >>
Blogs
March 27, 2012
Community Members Rail Against DISD Alternative Schools: "Stop The Pipeline To Prison!"
Alternative elementary schools used for discipline are a "pipeline to prison" and a drain on Dallas Independent School District's budget that should be closed, a group of DISD parents and activists said today. Alternative school opponents waded across the unkempt lawn at NW Harllee Elementary schoo ... More >>
Blogs
March 26, 2012
Investigation of Standardized-Test Cheating Finds "Troubling Patterns" in Dallas ISD Scores
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published a sweeping investigation over the weekend of possible cheating on standardized tests in dozens of school districts across the country, and Dallas Independent School District made an appearance. The AJC examined test results for 69,000 schools in 49 states ... More >>
Blogs
February 22, 2012
Ending "Political Catfight," Council Votes to Help Uplift Sell Cheaper Bonds For Expansion
The Dallas City Council council didn't waste much time getting 'round to the most eagerly awaited showdown of the day: Item No. 53 on its agenda, which creates that nonprofit that would allow Uplift Education to some $85 million in low-interest-rate bonds. As city Chief Financial Officer Jeanne C ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2012
Right Now, At Least, the Dallas ISD Isn't Making Much of Anything By Way of Ad Revenue
Alpha MediaIn May we hopped about this ad-adorned Dallas County Schools bus, one of many so decorated courtesy an ad agency specializing in school-bus advertising (hence the name of its website). As Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander explained at the time, the district con ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2012
DISD: Some at Ebby Halliday Elementary Used "Inappropriate Means to Instill Discipline"
Speaking of the Dallas Independent School District's doings ... No doubt you recall the ugly allegations that came out of Ebby Halliday Elementary School in the fall, stories of abuse and intimidation that resulted in principal Kamalia Cotton going to another campus (Phillis Wheatley Elementary ... More >>
Blogs
February 12, 2012
Before Vote to Help Uplift Sell Less Expensive Bonds, City Council to Get Schooled on Charters
Below is the charter school briefing the city council was promised last week, but only after the heated discussion punctuated by Mayor Mike Rawlings's fiery call to expand charters -- because, as he said, "freedom is choice, choice creates excellence, and excellence graduates kids." The purpose o ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2012
Item Involving Charter School's Bonds Pushes Council Into Passionate Philosophical Debate
This was a good day -- such days do occur -- to study democracy in action at Dallas City Hall. The city council engaged in a smart debate on a proposal to help a charter school organization sell bonds to build more charter schools. The mayor and council decided not to decide. If you listened to ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2012
Before Council Votes to Help Uplift Sell Bonds, More Questions, Answers and Concerns
Earlier today Rudy posted an explainer to the City Hall blog about those so-called "conduit bonds" Uplift Education hopes to sell with City Hall's backing. But long story short, per a Los Angeles Times piece last year, they "allow private entities to tap into low-cost municipal bond financing for ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2012
Better Late Than Never (?), Dallas ISD Board Set to Vote on Profile of a Super Superintendent
Never gets oldThere's every chance today's meeting of the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees could last till the wee small hours of tomorrow morning. Because in addition to all the previously mentioned public hearings and hot-button items scheduled for today -- everything from ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2012
Tomorrow, Dallas ISD Board to Vote on Adding 45 Minutes to Every Teacher's School Day
Throughout the week the in-box has been filling up with complaints from Dallas Independent School District teachers who insist they were given no advance warning that trustees would be voting tomorrow on extending their workday hours from seven hours and 45 minutes to eight and a half hour. Write ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2012
Before DISD Trustees Vote To Close 11 Schools, Carla Ranger Urges Parents to Speak Out
Click to expand the list prepared for tomorrow's DISD school board meeting. The docs from which this comes are below.Tomorrow is C-Day, the day we find out if the Dallas Independent School District will consolidate nine elementary schools and two middle schools in order to grapple with its lo ... More >>
Blogs
January 17, 2012
Turns Out, Fort Worth ISD Wasn't On the Same Superintendent Time Line As DISD After All
Word got out that Michael Hinojosa was leaving the Dallas Independent School District 'round the exact same time Melody Johnson announced she was resigning as Fort Worth's superintendent. Which means both school districts have known for eight months that they need new leaders. But several fellow ... More >>
Blogs
December 19, 2011
Well, Here's One School the Dallas ISD Won't Be Building After All: Joe May Elementary
What would have been Joe May Elementary ...I got the word late Friday: the long-disputed Jose "Joe" May Elementary School, which the Dallas Independent School District had planned to build on Webb Chapel between Royal and Walnut Hill as part of its 2008 bond program, is dead. Far as the neighbors ... More >>
Blogs
December 9, 2011
A Head STAAR-t, Because You Know Your Kid's Dying For Some Winter Break Homework ...
Slowly but surely we're learning more about the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness test that'll hit classrooms in the coming March. As in: For those who may have missed it, the Texas Education Agency has released some sample test questions for grades 3-8. Keep in mind, though, we do ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2011
Brett Shipp Visits the Houston HQ of Company That Got DISD's $40-Mil Tech Contract. Um ...
On August we told you that the Dallas Independent School District had been hit with a $40-million breach of contract lawsuit filed by a technology vendor with whom the trustees had agreed to do business till, out of nowhere, district officials just decided to go with someone else. In May trustees aw ... More >>
Blogs
November 28, 2011
As STAAR Testing Looms, DISD Trustees to Begin Discussing Changes to Grading Policy
After the jump are two docs parents of kiddos in the Dallas Independent School District might want to look at sooner than later -- before Thursday morning, certainly. That's when the trustees will begin discussing how to factor in the new State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness test scor ... More >>
Blogs
November 14, 2011
Dallas ISD Board to Begin Discussing "Potential School Consolidations" Thursday Afternoon
This story in last week's paper served to remind us of what we've known for months: Sooner than later, the Dallas Independent School District's trustees would begin discussing closing campuses to make up for the second round of budget cuts, a guesstimated $30 million worth, due to hit in the 2012 ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2011
Virtually Tour the New Adamson High School
Wasn't that long ago the Dallas Independent School District was fighting to keep W.H. Adamson High School off the city's list of historically designated landmarks in order to raze the old Oak Cliff High School, part of the '08 bond program. But in December the district backed off, and in June the co ... More >>
Blogs
November 7, 2011
Because, Apparently, Dallas ISD Will Order Far More Band Uniforms Than It Needs
A couple of years back we espied three pallets of band uniforms and hats being auctioned off by the Dallas Independent School District, and at quite the nice price. (The whole lot wound up going for ... $15.) This, then, is the sequel: Whilst perusing the latest DISD surplus-equipment offering on ... More >>
Blogs
November 6, 2011
"If You Don't Respect the Public, Why Are You in Public Service?" One in Carla Ranger's Series.
Billboard designed by Thomas WilsonThough there are a few exceptions to the rule, for the most part any one Dallas City Council member may pull an item from the council's agenda and have it deferred till the next voting agenda meeting. Not so with the Dallas Independent School District, not ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2011
DISD Board to Vote (Again) on $40-Mil Tech Deal. You Know, the One It's Being Sued Over?
In August, we broke the news that Lewisville-based Delcom Group filed a $40 million suit against the Dallas Independent School District over a massive technology contract awarded by the board in May and then yanked, without explanation, a month later. Turned out, according to a subsequent filing, ... More >>
Blogs
November 2, 2011
Dallas ISD Trustees Want Superintendent Who's a Team Player "Here For The Right Reasons"
At last night's called meeting of the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees, representatives from PROACT Search, the matchmaking firm hired to help select a superintendent for the district, chatted casually with board members about the qualities they desire in a candidate. " ... More >>
Blogs
October 20, 2011
Coalition That Wanted Nolan Estes to Return as Interim DISD Super Now Has Name, Agenda
The Rev. Zan HolmesBack in June, some two dozen educators, religious leaders and activists -- among them The Rev. Zan Holmes, John Fullinwider, Frederick Haynes III, Diane Ragsdale and Beverly Mitchell-Brooks -- urged the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees to appoint former DISD ... More >>
Blogs
October 18, 2011
"Force Place" or a Cut of $3 Million: Dallas ISD Teachers, the Choice, Apparently, Is Yours
We told you yesterday that the Dallas Independent School District is considering offering "excess" Chapter 21 employees -- teachers, principals, librarians, counselors -- a pile of cash worth $3 million to retire. After last night's called board meeting, it became clear that while that's probably ... More >>
Blogs
October 10, 2011
Mazel Tov, Mesquite ISD, For Winning the Urban School Board Excellence Award
Seriously, instead of trying to come up with cute names for teacher evaluations or asking the Dallas Regional Chamber for help, the Dallas Independent School District's higher-ups (the school board, especially) need to take the few-minute drive to Mesquite and ask Superintendent Dr. Linda Henrie ... More >>
Blogs
September 27, 2011
Just as It Was Going Districtwide, Dallas ISD Had to Take Its Parent Portal Offline. Costs.
Via.For two years, during test runs and slow roll-outs to a fraction of its campuses, the Dallas Independent School District promised that its much-ballyhooed Parent Portal would be The Future of Education. This was how parents were going to get deeply, profoundly involved in their kids' school l ... More >>
Blogs
September 16, 2011
Jubilee Park'ers Celebrate Plan Commission's Rejection of DISD's Expansion Plans
Photos by Leslie MinoraJubilee Park residents visited City Hall once again in protest of an elementary school parking lot planned by DISD.For Jubilee Park residents, it was a party atmosphere in the Flag Room outside council chambers Thursday afternoon, when the City Plan Commission denied Da ... More >>
Blogs
September 9, 2011
Kevin Brings the Bacon to Booker T.
Dallas Independent School DistrictGot stuck watching Footloose the other night -- what, like you're one to judge? Well, it was right before the warehouse scene. Who'd miss that? OK, sure, I'd had a drink, maybe two. It was late. Anyway. Can't believe Craig Brewer's remade the thing, due October 1 ... More >>
Blogs
August 18, 2011
Jubilee Park Residents Still Aren't Jubilant About DISD's Plans For School, Parking Lot
Photo by Patrick MichelsJubilee Park Residents and DISD have been brawling for well over a year.Residents of Jubilee Park, the neighborhood of modest single-family homes just north of Fair Park, have become conditioned to distrust, if not fear, the Dallas Independent School District. For as l ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2011
Dallas ISD Has a New Site. Which Looks Nice ...
Went to look for something on the Dallas Independent School District's website ... only to discover that the DISD has a new website. Trustees got a sneak peek Thursday; it went live moments ago, turns out. It's certainly a nicer shade of blue than its predecessor. And, I see the schools' individu ... More >>
Blogs
August 5, 2011
Interim Super: "The Annual Ratcheting Up of Standards is Catching Up With" Dallas ISD
Dave GoldfingerAnd the hits just keep on coming: One week ago today the Texas Education Agency officially announced that the Dallas Independent School District had more campuses deemed academically unacceptable (33) than exemplary (30) -- a radical shift from last year's stats, thanks in large pa ... More >>
Blogs
August 5, 2011
Dallas ISD Hit With $40-Million Breach of Contract Claim by Classroom-Tech Vendor
And speaking of the Dallas Independent School District ...It's just been sued over a $40-million technology contract that the district awarded to Lewisville-based Delcom Group in May and yanked in June, when the board gave the contract to one of the company's competitors. At stake: the district's ... More >>
Blogs
July 28, 2011
Want to Get More Involved in the Dallas ISD? Then Here You Go. But It Ain't Free.
Over the last couple of weeks I've received numerous emails suggesting I sign up for something called Leadership DISD, which promises to develop "education-focused, informed leaders within the Dallas Independent School District (DISD) service area who affect positive change and help to lead suppo ... More >>
Blogs
July 25, 2011
Back to School ... Redistricting, That Is
Click to embiggen one of the DISD maps on the table, or just go here to see all of them.And speaking of redistricting ...The Dallas Independent School District will begin holding hearings tonight during which the public will finally get a long, hard look at the draft maps on the table, courtesy S ... More >>
Blogs
June 20, 2011
Sure, Buying a Dallas ISD Portable for Cheap Seems Like a Good Idea Till You Try to Move It
This portable is at Charles Gill Elementary on FergusonNo doubt, Dallas PD's million-dollar helicopter is the big-ticket item over on Lone Star Auctions -- bigger, certainly, than the donkeys, mules and potbelly pigs being sold off by Dallas County. (I'm gonna call this one "Groucho.") But I see ... More >>
Blogs
May 23, 2011
Wanna Own Davy Crockett? The School, That Is.
Photo by Patrick MichelsOn and off last year we took a look at the sad state of the 108-year-old Davy Crockett School on Carroll Avenue, a designated city historic landmark since 1993 and almost all but empty since the Dallas Independent School District moved its students to close-by Ignacio Zara ... More >>
Blogs
May 1, 2011
"Numbers Become Faces": Hinojosa Talks About Friday's Layoffs And Why "It Could Get Worse"
Superintendent Media Availability (4/29/2011) from Dallas Independent School Dist on Vimeo.As the Dallas Independent School District was sending word Friday that it had just laid off 203 from central administration, and eliminating another 247 presently unfilled positions, Dallas Independent School ... More >>
Blogs
April 21, 2011
Townview Parents Ask Dallas ISD Not to Overhaul School Without Board Approval
Speaking of public eduction and whether or not the Dallas Independent School District can split Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center without the school board's OK ...A missive just arrived in the Unfair Park in-box that was sent today to the DISD board concerning plans to restructure Townview and cut ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2011
Now It's Kunkle's Turn at the Chalkboard With His Plan to Address Dallas's Public Schools
Mike Rawlings was the first candidate for Dallas mayor to address the Dallas Independent School District when, at the end of March, he unveiled his Education Plan. Said the former Pizza Hut CEO when discussing forming myriad partnerships and alliances with the district, "Some people will say educ ... More >>
Blogs
April 11, 2011
On Thursday, DISD Board to Discuss Proposal That'll Make It Easier to Create Charter Schools
On Thursday morning, the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees will take its first long, hard look at a proposal to "streamline the process for implementing a charter school." It's the result of months of work by the board's Charter School Ad Hoc Committee, which was tasked with ... More >>
Blogs
April 8, 2011
New Site Lets You Look at Numbers Crunched by DISD's Citizen Budget Review Group
Courtesy Dallas Independent School DistrictAt left, Steven Korby, director of DISD's financial services, chats up Chief Financial Officer Alan King before the first commission meeting in late March.Who knows how seriously the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees will take the su ... More >>
Blogs
March 31, 2011
DISD Board Officially Approves Buyout Offer For At-Will Employees, Beginning This Saturday
Last week we asked: Will the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees extend to at-will employees the same buyout deal given teachers a few weeks back in order to trim its budget in the way of the $86-million to $150-million budget shortfall expected over the next two years? To whic ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2011
Kicking the Class C Ticket Out of Classrooms
Since the beginning of the year, two reports have documented how Texas's school districts punish their students: Texas Appleseed's Ticketing, Arrest & Use of Force in Schools How the Myth of the "Blackboard Jungle" Reshaped School Disciplinary Policy, released in January as part of its Texas' ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2011
DISD Announces Members Of Its First-Ever "Citizens Budget Review Commission"
Sadly, Murray Blum was not available to trim DISD's budget.Two weeks back we noted that at least one person had already been appointed to the Dallas Independent School District's first-ever Citizens Budget Review Commission: Dallas Friends of Public Education's Mike MacNaughton. The commission, m ... More >>
Blogs
February 25, 2011
So, Teachers Who Take $10,000 Buyout Could Still Wind Up Working for DISD Next Year?
Last night, the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees approved that buyout plan for on-campus full-timers wanting to take the money and run before they're laid off. At which point, the district handed to principals a FAQ, which the Dallas Friends of Public Education posted to its w ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2011
All The Bad News the Dallas Independent School District Could Fit in 27 Pages
For those who weren't fortunate enough to sit through Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa's budget-gutting presentation this afternoon, what you'll find below is the complete PowerPoint presentation given to the board of trustees. In it, you'll find what the super l ... More >>
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