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Educational Services Sector

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    SMU Not Happy About Landing on Princeton Review's "LGBT Unfriendly Schools" List. Again.

    ​While Dallas ISD is debating a change to their rules in order to make their campuses more gay-friendly, two local universities have landed, once again, on the Princeton Review's list of "LGBT Unfriendly" schools. Released last week as part of Princeton Review's mammoth collection of college ranki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    Tiffany Derry Defends For-Profit Culinary Schools

    ​Dallas chef Tiffany Derry this week dove into the maelstrom surrounding financial assistance at for-profit colleges, arguing in an essay for The Hill that the government is threatening the culinary arts by withholding loans from students enrolled in career schools. The Department of Educatio ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 17, 2009

    I Think I'm Cooking Japanese

    ​Dallas chef Tiffany Derry this week dove into the maelstrom surrounding financial assistance at for-profit colleges, arguing in an essay for The Hill that the government is threatening the culinary arts by withholding loans from students enrolled in career schools. The Department of Educatio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    The TEA Hands DISD Its Report Card

    Loose in the Lab​Here's a fun weekend activity: Scroll through the Texas Education Agency's accountability ratings for the Dallas Independent School District, which were released this afternoon. (You can go here for the full statewide breakdown by district, region, etc., while KTVT-Channel 11's St ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Wherein the DO and the DISD Have a Math-Off Concerning Per-Pupil Expenditures

    On Tuesday of this week Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander responded to questions I had asked him last week for my column this week about per-pupil expenditures at high school campuses. Unfortunately, his response by e-mail reached me several days after my deadline had passed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    DISD's Attempt to Gut Magnets, Learning Centers Gets Uglier With Every Misstep

    Patrick MichelsThe scene outside 3700 Ross Avenue last nightLast night's decision by the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees to delay voting on budget cuts for the district's enhanced schools was more than just a stall. The debate leading up to that decision shed a little more lig ... More >>

  • News

    May 14, 2009

    Go Ahead DISD Trustees. Gut the Magnet Schools. If You Want a City That Aspires to Mediocrity.

    Patrick MichelsThe scene outside 3700 Ross Avenue last nightLast night's decision by the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees to delay voting on budget cuts for the district's enhanced schools was more than just a stall. The debate leading up to that decision shed a little more lig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2009

    Eddie Bernice Johnson Asks DISD Board to Delay Tonight's Staffing Vote

    Eddie Bernice JohnsonThe headline says it all. But this missive, which we just received from Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson's office concerning the fight over funding at Dallas Independent School District's magnet schools and learning centers, says it better. Certainly, longer.Update at 5:15 p. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    Sooner Than Later, DISD Trustees Will Run Out of Legal Excuses They Can Hide Behind

    Ben BarlowI spoke this morning with Ben Barlow, the Fort Worth attorney for the Dallas Independent School District system who had informed me yesterday that no waivers were available under existing law for Dallas's magnet schools facing severe budget cuts under federal Title I funding rules. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    Eddie Bernice Johnson, Others Taking a Keen Interest In DISD Trustees' Efforts to Gut Magnet Schools and Learning Centers

    Congresswoman Eddie Bernice JohnsonThings are popping a bit today on the Dallas Independent School District magnet schools front.Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson's office confirms that Johnson is talking to the U.S. Department of Education seeking "clarification" of its current position on Title ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Magnet Mayhem: DISD Trustees Seem Hell-Bent on Gutting the Crown Jewels of the District, and for No Good Reason

    Allied Works ArchitectureThe Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual ArtsThe Dallas Independent School District is about to do massive damage to its magnet school and learning center programs. The magnets represent the best of the district's academic efforts. The learning cent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    Do You Have a Face Mask and Some Tamiflu I Can Borrow? Give 'Em Back, Swear.

    An out-of-state colleague wondered late yesterday, "Is it true that the state of Texas has canceled all sports events till May 11? Does that include Astros and Rangers?" Um ... no. Alas, such was his reading of a breathless, since-vanished New York Times story concerning the University Interscholast ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    Natural Selection Only a "Figure of Speech," Says State Education Board Chair

    Don McLeroyDon McLeroy, a Republican dentist from Bryan, is the chair of the Texas State Board of Education. He's also a book critic: Over the weekend, an indie book publisher posted his recommendation of Robert Bowie Johnson Jr.'s new book Sowing Atheism: The National Academy Of Sciences' Sinister ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    State Rep. Yvonne Davis Proposes Bill That Would Bust-Up Dallas School District

    Till late last week, the formerly prolific Carla Ranger hadn't posted to her blog for most of 2009. But the Dallas Independent School District board member has returned, and today she points our attention to state Rep. Yvonne Davis's H.B. 3532 introduced late last week, which calls for "the abolitio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2009

    Bully or Bodyguard? The WSJ Looks at Mayors Who Take Over Schools.

    Alexander FloresTill Mayor Tom Leppert decides to talk for himself about his thinking about maybe one day possibly taking over the Dallas Independent School District we'll see not sure for sure who knows, it's all one big guessing game. Which doesn't stop the Dallas mayor's name from appearing in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    DISD's About to Get Very Stimulated

    Library of CongressBy now, perhaps, you've read that some $104,070,000 of the nearly $800 billion stimulus package will wind up in the pockets of the Dallas Independent School District. (If your kids aren't in the DISD, you can see how your district fared in the sweepstakes by checking out this site ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2008

    Studying the Dallas School Board and the "Theory of Action for Change"

    One of the more astounding discoveries I have made about the Dallas school board is that its recent behavior has been based on a so-called "theory of action for change" -- part of a program called The Reform Governance® Framework run by an outfit called the Center for Reform of School Systems (or ... More >>

  • News

    November 20, 2008

    DISD Trustees May Make Cutbacks in Democratic Process

    DISD trustees may try to cancel next year's school board election to preserve the status quo and the superintendent

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    Yet Again, DISD Hires Paul Coggins to Look Into Its Bad Bidness

    Paul Coggins After the jump, courtesy Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander, the district's announcement concerning the appointment of former U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins to look into the whole phony Social Security number mess. Coggins, now at Fish & Richardson, has a history ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2008

    The Road to Broad Runs Through Texas, Just Not the Dallas ISD

    Paul Coggins After the jump, courtesy Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander, the district's announcement concerning the appointment of former U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins to look into the whole phony Social Security number mess. Coggins, now at Fish & Richardson, has a history ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2008

    Unfair Park Exclusive: TEA Appoints Monitor For DISD's "Academically Unacceptable" Schools

    Paul Coggins After the jump, courtesy Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander, the district's announcement concerning the appointment of former U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins to look into the whole phony Social Security number mess. Coggins, now at Fish & Richardson, has a history ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2008

    Bible Schooled

    Paul Coggins After the jump, courtesy Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander, the district's announcement concerning the appointment of former U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins to look into the whole phony Social Security number mess. Coggins, now at Fish & Richardson, has a history ... More >>

  • News

    July 17, 2008

    Hitting Where It Hurts

    Paul Coggins After the jump, courtesy Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander, the district's announcement concerning the appointment of former U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins to look into the whole phony Social Security number mess. Coggins, now at Fish & Richardson, has a history ... More >>

  • News

    February 7, 2008

    Evolution Sunday Especially Important in Texas

    Paul Coggins After the jump, courtesy Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander, the district's announcement concerning the appointment of former U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins to look into the whole phony Social Security number mess. Coggins, now at Fish & Richardson, has a history ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2007

    A Degree in Creationism? Could Happen.

    Paul Coggins After the jump, courtesy Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander, the district's announcement concerning the appointment of former U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins to look into the whole phony Social Security number mess. Coggins, now at Fish & Richardson, has a history ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2007

    The Mighty Quinn (Well, Mightier)

    Paul Coggins After the jump, courtesy Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander, the district's announcement concerning the appointment of former U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins to look into the whole phony Social Security number mess. Coggins, now at Fish & Richardson, has a history ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2007

    Feds Set to Announce Public Corruption Indictment in Moments...

    Paul Coggins After the jump, courtesy Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander, the district's announcement concerning the appointment of former U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins to look into the whole phony Social Security number mess. Coggins, now at Fish & Richardson, has a history ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2007

    Re: Lancaster ISD's Way Late With Audit...

    Paul Coggins After the jump, courtesy Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander, the district's announcement concerning the appointment of former U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins to look into the whole phony Social Security number mess. Coggins, now at Fish & Richardson, has a history ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2007

    Lancaster ISD's Way Late With Audit, And People Are Starting to Notice

    Paul Coggins After the jump, courtesy Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander, the district's announcement concerning the appointment of former U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins to look into the whole phony Social Security number mess. Coggins, now at Fish & Richardson, has a history ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2007

    A Broad Gap for DISD to Clear

    Paul Coggins After the jump, courtesy Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander, the district's announcement concerning the appointment of former U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins to look into the whole phony Social Security number mess. Coggins, now at Fish & Richardson, has a history ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2007

    Teachers Wanna Get Paid

    Paul Coggins After the jump, courtesy Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander, the district's announcement concerning the appointment of former U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins to look into the whole phony Social Security number mess. Coggins, now at Fish & Richardson, has a history ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2006

    Don't Be a Fool. Stay in School. Or Not.

    Paul Coggins After the jump, courtesy Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander, the district's announcement concerning the appointment of former U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins to look into the whole phony Social Security number mess. Coggins, now at Fish & Richardson, has a history ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2006

    The Price is Wrong

    Paul Coggins After the jump, courtesy Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander, the district's announcement concerning the appointment of former U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins to look into the whole phony Social Security number mess. Coggins, now at Fish & Richardson, has a history ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2006

    Go Down Moses

    Paul Coggins After the jump, courtesy Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander, the district's announcement concerning the appointment of former U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins to look into the whole phony Social Security number mess. Coggins, now at Fish & Richardson, has a history ... More >>

  • News

    July 21, 2005

    Hope Chest

    Before DISD goes marrying Wilmer-Hutchins, let's get a look at the dowry

  • News

    January 9, 2003

    Big Man on Campus

    State representative wants legislation to target school bullies

  • News

    November 28, 2002

    They Blinded Buzz with Science

    The Texas Freedom Network keeps a watch on the state's textbooks

  • News

    December 28, 2000

    A Miracle Waiting to Happen

    With a little luck and a wise school superintendent, Dallas could do what Houston did

  • News

    November 9, 2000

    Go Down, Moses

    When the new super gets to town, Dallas will decide whether it really wants accountability

  • News

    November 2, 2000

    Miracle Whipped

    Fifty gets you 70 in the mysterious world of TAAS

  • News

    September 28, 2000

    They Walk by Night

    Join us for a chilling tale of the (highly paid) un-dead at DISD headquarters

  • News

    October 14, 1999

    The last supper

    Many within DISD's special-education department believe the new superintendent has set them up for failure

  • News

    July 22, 1999

    Flunking Out

    Charter school scandals are teaching Texas a tough lesson -- one the state should have known four years and $77 million ago.

  • News

    May 6, 1999

    Pig in a poke

    The DISD board doesn't do its homework before offering San Franciscan Bill Rojas the top job

  • News

    March 18, 1999

    No place like home

    Thousands of Texans say they can do a better job teaching their children at home. But some local truant officers claim parents are using a massive loophole in Texas law to skip school altogether.

  • News

    March 11, 1999

    Gutless coup

    Everybody's talking about a takeover at DISD, but nobody wants to do anything about it

  • News

    September 10, 1998

    Some Fly, Some Die

    How DISD betrays children of color

  • News

    July 16, 1998

    Buzz

    How DISD betrays children of color

  • News

    January 16, 1997

    Rough waters

    It hasn't been smooth sailing for the Voyager after-school program

  • News

    October 3, 1996

    Last in the Class

    Why nobody will erase the board at Wilmer-Hutchins, the worst-run school district in Texas

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