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Highland Park High School

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    U.S. News and World Report: DISD Has Two of Top Three High Schools in the Country

    Two Dallas high schools -- the School for the Talented and Gifted and the School of Science and Engineering Magnet -- didn't just survive the multi-stage culling process U.S. News and World Report used to arrive at a list of the country's 97 cream-of-the-crop schools. They snagged two of the top thr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    No Matter How You Add It Up, Dallas ISD's Magnets Still Top Best High Schools Lists

    Again, the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center houses some of the best individual high schools in the U.S.​Exactly one month ago we got a look at longtime Washington Post education columnist Jay Mathews' list of the best public high schools in the country -- the same list that used to run in Ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Whitt's End: 2.4.11

    ​Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *So, what's harder to predict: Weather or sports? Coulda sworn Ron Jackson, Pete Delkus and the boys said there was a 30-percent chance of 1-2 inches of snow on Friday. But I drove home l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Dallas ISD's Board of Trustees Set to Receive Glowing Update on Teach for America in Dallas

    Teach for America founder (and HPHS's own) Wendy Kopp​Four months back, Dallas Independent School District trustee Carla Ranger directed our attention to a a study by UT-Austin Assistant Professor of Educational Policy and Planning Julian Vasquez Heilig that questioned whether Highland Park High S ... More >>

  • News

    September 9, 2010

    Prediction: Dallas Cowboys Will End The NFL Season In Their Own Backyard (With A Little Luck And A Lot Of Health).

    Teach for America founder (and HPHS's own) Wendy Kopp​Four months back, Dallas Independent School District trustee Carla Ranger directed our attention to a a study by UT-Austin Assistant Professor of Educational Policy and Planning Julian Vasquez Heilig that questioned whether Highland Park High S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2010

    DISD Trustee Carla Ranger Directs Our Attention to a New Study Critical of Teach for America

    Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp​In May 2009, Highland Park High School grad Wendy Kopp's Teach for America -- which gives recent college grads a five-week crash course in teaching before dropping them in low-income urban and rural schools -- sent close to 100 rookies to Dallas. DISD Superinte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2008

    Go, Longhorns! (W.T. White Longhorns, That Is.)

    Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp​In May 2009, Highland Park High School grad Wendy Kopp's Teach for America -- which gives recent college grads a five-week crash course in teaching before dropping them in low-income urban and rural schools -- sent close to 100 rookies to Dallas. DISD Superinte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2008

    Angie Harmon Gets Nude and ... Nope, That Just About Covers It

    Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp​In May 2009, Highland Park High School grad Wendy Kopp's Teach for America -- which gives recent college grads a five-week crash course in teaching before dropping them in low-income urban and rural schools -- sent close to 100 rookies to Dallas. DISD Superinte ... More >>

  • News

    January 17, 2008

    Sharon Keller is Texas' Judge Dread

    When Sharon Keller turned off the clock on a Death Row inmate's last-gasp appeal, she became the most vilified judge in Texas

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2007

    Dallas' Top-Ranked High Schools Not as High on U.S. News' New List

    When Sharon Keller turned off the clock on a Death Row inmate's last-gasp appeal, she became the most vilified judge in Texas

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2007

    He, Robot

    When Sharon Keller turned off the clock on a Death Row inmate's last-gasp appeal, she became the most vilified judge in Texas

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2007

    Forever Young

    When Sharon Keller turned off the clock on a Death Row inmate's last-gasp appeal, she became the most vilified judge in Texas

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2007

    Thank God, Now We Can Watch the Tonys!

    When Sharon Keller turned off the clock on a Death Row inmate's last-gasp appeal, she became the most vilified judge in Texas

  • Calendar

    May 3, 2007

    Park City Thrifty

    HPHS throws a garage sale for charity

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2007

    No Homecoming for Hinckley. Aw, Dang.

    HPHS throws a garage sale for charity

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2007

    That's One Halo a Book

    HPHS throws a garage sale for charity

  • News

    March 8, 2007

    Prince Peruna

    Knocked off his high horse, Matt Doherty tries to whip SMU back into the race

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2007

    The Former Mayor Pro Tem Would Be Delighted to Sell You a New (Or Very Old) House

    Knocked off his high horse, Matt Doherty tries to whip SMU back into the race

  • News

    November 16, 2006

    Feel My Rage

    Doug Wright channeled his anger from growing up gay in the Park Cities into bizarre and brilliant plays

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2006

    Does Every Former NFL Player Wind Up in Real Estate?

    Doug Wright channeled his anger from growing up gay in the Park Cities into bizarre and brilliant plays

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2006

    Not MADI Anymore

    Doug Wright channeled his anger from growing up gay in the Park Cities into bizarre and brilliant plays

  • News

    September 14, 2006

    Follywood

    A B-actress, computer mayhem and families feudin'! Making a movie with your rich friends is just courting disaster.

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2006

    Of Lost Legends and Found Heroes

    A B-actress, computer mayhem and families feudin'! Making a movie with your rich friends is just courting disaster.

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2006

    MADI...But Hurt, Really

    A B-actress, computer mayhem and families feudin'! Making a movie with your rich friends is just courting disaster.

  • News

    January 19, 2006

    Lights, Camera, Play!

    They're not exactly Pixar, but a crew of Highland Park teens find fame--not fortune--making machinima movies on the Xbox

  • News

    November 10, 2005

    Bubble-icious

    Plus: A Better Jukebox

  • News

    November 3, 2005

    Rich Kids Behaving Badly

    Nerdy, bitter and shod in fake Uggs, Andrea Grimes investigates the legend of the Park Cities Party

  • Culture

    May 12, 2005

    Mat Finish

    The Wrestling Season takes a strong hold on tough teen issues; Den of Thieves steals time

  • News

    June 17, 2004

    "Nice Kid, But..."

    To get into the right college, sometimes you have to be better than perfect

  • News

    January 8, 2004

    Funny Boy

    Life is coming up cow patties for kid comedian Corbin Corona

  • News

    January 18, 2001

    Letters

    Unnatural Selection, Bubbleheads for Bush

  • Culture

    September 7, 2000

    School's Out

    When Fox-TV canceled American High, the network hit a new low

  • News

    May 11, 2000

    Cyber bore

    The DotComGuy gets loads of publicity just like this for being a zero

  • News

    March 9, 2000

    Bench press

    A pack of well-heeled lawyers calls for the head of mercurial Dallas Judge John Marshall

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    Buzz

    A pack of well-heeled lawyers calls for the head of mercurial Dallas Judge John Marshall

  • Culture

    October 15, 1998

    Ghost chasing

    Doak Walker's children remember a father, not a legend

  • News

    February 20, 1997

    Losing by Decision

    The good ol' boys are winning their fight to keep Courtney Barnett and other girls out of high school wrestling

  • News

    December 5, 1996

    Buzz

    The good ol' boys are winning their fight to keep Courtney Barnett and other girls out of high school wrestling

  • News

    February 8, 1996

    I thought it would be fun to run a magazine

    Ray Washburne's Texas Business is a case study in how not to run a business

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