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George Dealey

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    July 29, 2011

    It's Official: DISD Now Has More Academically Unacceptable Schools Than Exemplary Ones

    This never gets old.​The Texas Education Agency won't officially release its based-on-TAKS-scores state accountability ratings till 'round 1 this afternoon (here, for those so interested), at which point Commissioner of Education Robert Scott will hold a press conference in Austin. But the Dallas ... More >>

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    May 4, 2011

    For Sale, An Amazing Piece of Local History: The "Last Fool Flight" of the Dallas Spirit

    eBay seller "jamber1y"Captain William P. Erwin and his airplane, somewhere near Oakland, more than likely, in 1927​Yesterday, Friend of Unfair Park PeterK sent me the link to yet another vintage photo with local ties that's presently up for grabs on eBay: "20s Swallow Airplane, Dallas Spirit, Dole ... More >>

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    April 15, 2010

    Schutze Says We Should All Do a Badu and Get Naked at Dealey Plaza--and That Includes Him

    eBay seller "jamber1y"Captain William P. Erwin and his airplane, somewhere near Oakland, more than likely, in 1927​Yesterday, Friend of Unfair Park PeterK sent me the link to yet another vintage photo with local ties that's presently up for grabs on eBay: "20s Swallow Airplane, Dallas Spirit, Dole ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Dallas ISD's Long and Winding Road to Broad Prize Just Hit a Dead End

    ​Perhaps you've seen the promotional materials -- they've been everywhere during the past five years, as the Dallas Independent School District (and superintendent Michael Hinojosa, especially) eased on down that Road to Broad, so named for the $2 million award given to urban school districts who ... More >>

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    May 11, 2009

    DISD Lawyer Says There Are No Waivers For Magnets. But, You See, He's Wrong.

    Woodrow Wilson High SchoolAt about 5:50 pm today, I received a call from a Fort Worth attorney, Ben Barlow, representing the Dallas Independent School District on the magnet school and learning center issue. He informed me that my piece posted to Unfair Park on Friday night was dead wrong and that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2007

    Dallas' One-Man Newspaper Dynasty

    Woodrow Wilson High SchoolAt about 5:50 pm today, I received a call from a Fort Worth attorney, Ben Barlow, representing the Dallas Independent School District on the magnet school and learning center issue. He informed me that my piece posted to Unfair Park on Friday night was dead wrong and that ... More >>

  • News

    March 16, 2006

    SMU's Shame

    Even people who like the president shouldn't want his library here

  • News

    July 4, 2002

    Been There, Done That

    For supporters of an improved and expensive Trinity River, everything old is new again

  • News

    August 5, 1999

    Caged and confused

    While critics howl, the SPCA of Texas dreams of opening a rural animal utopia. Meanwhile, Dallas kills hundreds of pets every day.

  • News

    February 19, 1998

    Not as dome as you think

    Dallas attorney Darrell Jordan wants to cover the Cotton Bowl--anyone got $150 million to spare?

  • News

    January 22, 1998

    Flood money

    The Trinity River Plan's billion-dollar vision of levees, parks, and ponds has Mayor Ron Kirk--and most of Dallas--spellbound. But engineers warn it could lead to a flooding catastrophe and destroy the same poor neighborhoods it's designed to help.

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