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Elementary Education

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2012

    Botello Elementary Parents: What's Being Done about Guns and Drugs in Our School?

    A week after a whistle-blowing teacher was suspended without explanation, parents at Botello Elementary in Oak Cliff say they are fed up with the lack of information about what they call the "illegal presence of firearms and drugs in school." (See correction at bottom.) In a letter to district offi ... 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

    December 5, 2011

    "Success With Less": DISD to Consider Losing 300 Teachers to Save $18 Million in 2012-'13

    ​At this very moment, the Dallas independent School District's Citizens Budget Review Commission -- assembled in March to bring fresh eyes to a district budget in need of gutting, thanks in large part to Gov. Rick Perry and the state Legislature -- is meeting to discuss two proposals on the table ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    DISD's Teach Around: District Has a Lot of Vacancies and Not a Lot of Time to Fill Them

    Via.​Last we checked there were around 800 teachers vying for 700 vacancies scattered throughout the Dallas Independent School District. Which, sure, sounds a little odd, given that only a few months ago the district was considering thousands of layoffs due to the state's decision to gut public ed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2011

    In Through Dallas ISD's Out Door

    View more videos at: http://www.nbcdfw.com.Above is KXAS-Channel 5's story from last night about teachers who camped out at 3700 Ross last night to sign up at 8 this morning for their up-to-$10,000 buyout; on the other side is WFAA-Channel 8's. In both I see my son's kindergarten, first-grade and a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Top 5 and Bottom 5 School Cafeteria Lunches From The Good Ol' Days

    ​Kids are back in school, which means their summer diet of Flamin' Hot Cheetos and Mountain Dew is giving way to ... black bean burgers and hummus? What the what? In our day, school lunches were composed of compressed mystery meat, gubment cheese and sugar. We'd have laughed the lunch lady right ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Teaching DISD Students About Money -- How to Keep It, and How to Make It

    ​Over the weekend, New York Times personal finance writer Tara Siegel Bernard visited with Sunset High School's Mathew Frost, an 11th and 12th grade American history and economics teacher giving his students a real-world look at how to balance the books. In other words, he's teaching to the actual ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    Erykah Badu To Appear At Yo Gabba Gabba! Live In Frisco Saturday

    ​Erykah Badu publicist Paul Levatino just sent word that the Dallas hip-hop goddess will make a special appearance Saturday at Yo Gabba Gabba! Live at Dr Pepper Arena in Frisco."I love this show," Badu said via press release, "especially because it uses 808 drums sounds to teach kids the alphabet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    DISD's Getting a Grant to Help Kids With Science and Math. And It's from Outer Space!

    ​Speaking of the Dallas Independent School District and grant money ...I was poking around the briefing agenda for this week's meeting of the board of trustees and noticed this intriguing item: NASA -- yes, that NASA, not this NASA -- is giving the DISD, via the Foundation for Community Empowermen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    Says One Dallas ISD Teacher, the Trinity River Audubon Center Is An Act of "Pure Genius"

    Jeremy Woodhouse/Audubon​Former Unfair Park-er Alexa Schirtzinger sure dug her some nature, if you recall. So it's not surprising she shows up in the latest issue of Audubon talking up the Trinity River Audubon Center. But she also tells the tale of how a teacher at Rufus C. Burleson Elementary Sc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 16, 2009

    Trucks, Trucks, Trucks

    Jeremy Woodhouse/Audubon​Former Unfair Park-er Alexa Schirtzinger sure dug her some nature, if you recall. So it's not surprising she shows up in the latest issue of Audubon talking up the Trinity River Audubon Center. But she also tells the tale of how a teacher at Rufus C. Burleson Elementary Sc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Chewing the Fat: Wednesday Ground 'Round

    Fourth-graders leading a political movement, paying for tap water... JaseMan, via FlickrWisconsin fourth-graders are organizing to boycott their school's lunches. Even weirder? Administrators take it seriously. The kids want healthier options on the menu and worked with their teacher to set up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    P.E. or Not P.E., That is the Question?

    Probably not exactly what Senator Jane Nelson has in mind, but close enoughThis week, state Sen. Jane Nelson, a Republican from Flower Mound, introduced legislation to combat childhood obesity by requiring more P.E. time for school-age children. S.B. 890 was one of three pieces of legislation she in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Peace Out: Dallas ISD Kiddos Decorate NorthPark Barney's For Christmas

    Earlier today our downstairs neighbors at Big Thought sent the image above, which you've no doubt seen if you've window-shopped at NorthPark Center during this most wonderful (enh) time of the year. It's the storefront at Barney's New York, where the theme's "Have a Hippie Holiday," which, I'll assu ... More >>

  • News

    December 11, 2008

    How Can DISD's Michael Hinojosa Still Love His Job—and Keep It?

    Earlier today our downstairs neighbors at Big Thought sent the image above, which you've no doubt seen if you've window-shopped at NorthPark Center during this most wonderful (enh) time of the year. It's the storefront at Barney's New York, where the theme's "Have a Hippie Holiday," which, I'll assu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    Is Destroying the DISD Really the Best Way to Fix It? Seriously.

    Interesting how these things go. Yesterday I posted an item about DART. The comments thread turned into a discussion of DISD. Did people just get confused about the acronyms? I don’t think so. I think the school system is very much on people’s minds now, mainly for bad reasons. The discussi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2008

    The Last Of The Great Mississippi Delta Blues Men Took To Dallas

    Interesting how these things go. Yesterday I posted an item about DART. The comments thread turned into a discussion of DISD. Did people just get confused about the acronyms? I don’t think so. I think the school system is very much on people’s minds now, mainly for bad reasons. The discussi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    Dalton Sherman Goes on Ellen, Gets a Computer and Printer

    Interesting how these things go. Yesterday I posted an item about DART. The comments thread turned into a discussion of DISD. Did people just get confused about the acronyms? I don’t think so. I think the school system is very much on people’s minds now, mainly for bad reasons. The discussi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2008

    I Too Was "Academically Acceptable"

    Interesting how these things go. Yesterday I posted an item about DART. The comments thread turned into a discussion of DISD. Did people just get confused about the acronyms? I don’t think so. I think the school system is very much on people’s minds now, mainly for bad reasons. The discussi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2008

    At SMU, Apparently, Sarah Shahi Was "Walking Blue Balls"

    Interesting how these things go. Yesterday I posted an item about DART. The comments thread turned into a discussion of DISD. Did people just get confused about the acronyms? I don’t think so. I think the school system is very much on people’s minds now, mainly for bad reasons. The discussi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2007

    Hulk Smash, But Greg Pak Sign

    Interesting how these things go. Yesterday I posted an item about DART. The comments thread turned into a discussion of DISD. Did people just get confused about the acronyms? I don’t think so. I think the school system is very much on people’s minds now, mainly for bad reasons. The discussi ... More >>

  • Music

    October 25, 2007

    Lance (Big Mouth) Bass

    Former 'N Syncer spills the beans in a surprisingly good bio

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2007

    Dismember the Titans

    Former 'N Syncer spills the beans in a surprisingly good bio

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2007

    Aw, Celso, Don't Give Up Now

    Former 'N Syncer spills the beans in a surprisingly good bio

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2007

    Why, Billy Crudup Is a Golden God...and a Hillcrest Panther

    Former 'N Syncer spills the beans in a surprisingly good bio

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2007

    Kickin' it Old School

    Former 'N Syncer spills the beans in a surprisingly good bio

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2007

    Jerome Garza Has a Lot of Friends with Schools Named After Them, Apparently

    Former 'N Syncer spills the beans in a surprisingly good bio

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2006

    Re: A Teacher Sues DISD...

    Former 'N Syncer spills the beans in a surprisingly good bio

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2006

    News Hard on Preston Hollow. Finally.

    Former 'N Syncer spills the beans in a surprisingly good bio

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2006

    Getting Polled

    Former 'N Syncer spills the beans in a surprisingly good bio

  • Calendar

    August 10, 2006

    Alien Lifeforms

    Former 'N Syncer spills the beans in a surprisingly good bio

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2006

    Brook Mays Sings the Blues

    Former 'N Syncer spills the beans in a surprisingly good bio

  • News

    July 13, 2006

    Old School

    DISD trustee Ron Price does everything you expect from a politician. These days that's a problem.

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2006

    Ford Foundation's Gotta Art of Gold

    DISD trustee Ron Price does everything you expect from a politician. These days that's a problem.

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2006

    Outta the Pak

    DISD trustee Ron Price does everything you expect from a politician. These days that's a problem.

  • Music

    February 16, 2006

    Drift Away

    Texarkana's biggest band finally gets up the nerve to say hi to Supergrass

  • News

    June 24, 2004

    Letters

    Texarkana's biggest band finally gets up the nerve to say hi to Supergrass

  • Calendar

    November 6, 2003

    Track Down

    Another Oldham is a hit

  • Calendar

    July 17, 2003

    SK8 4 Zero

    Party at the park

  • Best of Dallas

    September 21, 2000

    Best elementary school

    Stonewall Jackson Elementary

  • Best of Dallas

    September 21, 2000

    Best private pre-school

    Westminster Presbyterian Pre-School and Kindergarten

  • News

    August 24, 2000

    Buzz

    SEEDless in DISD

  • News

    July 13, 2000

    Attack of the suits

    And the business community wants to take over the Dallas school system exactly why?

  • News

    December 24, 1998

    Blowing smoke

    Denton residents like Parks and Delores Olmon want to know how a posse of city slickers managed to railroad plans for a lead-belching copper factory in their town

  • News

    January 16, 1997

    Rough waters

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

  • News

    August 29, 1996

    Woolery's mammoth

    When it came to spending, Dallas' former superintendent always thought big

  • News

    May 9, 1996

    The Halo Club

    Kathryn Benton, a 12-year-old afflicted with Angelman syndrome, cannot talk. But the special friendship she has with Emily Faber, a gifted fourth-grader from McKinney, speaks volumes.

  • Calendar

    June 8, 1995

    Undue process

    In JP Jones' court, you can be found guilty without even being charged

  • News

    February 23, 1995

    BeloWatch

    In JP Jones' court, you can be found guilty without even being charged

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