Preschool Education

It Is the Wiggles World, After All

Events for the week

Jurassic barf

Barney's Great Adventure is enough to make you ask: Where's a killer meteor when you need one?

Desperate Measures

Tim and Emilie Sherrod, parents of twin autistic boys, will do anything to find a cure -- even spend $14,000 to inject their sons with a hormone from pig entrails

Best Private Preschool

The da Vinci School

Pocket School

The da Vinci School

Expectorate the Unexpected

The da Vinci School

Buddy Up

The da Vinci School

Kid Kabuki

The da Vinci School

Shoot Up Your Kid

The da Vinci School

Johnny Lee

Saturday, March 4, at Gilley's Dallas

Puppy Love

John Cusack's another endearing mutt in Must Love Dogs

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

John Cusack's another endearing mutt in Must Love Dogs

Mr. Mom

Eddie Murphy plays Daddy, once more, and it becomes him

Get a Haircut, You Danged 4-Year-Old Hippie!

The story of Taylor Pugh, the 4-year-old preschooler suspended by the Mesquite Independent School District for his long locks, is making the cross-country rounds today. Thanks to this Associated Press video, MISD spokesperson Laura Jobe's hairstyle has now been called into question.

Hash Over Special Edition: Avila's is Back and Mattito's is Adding a Third Location

Noah W. Bailey​It seems like things are finally looking up for the beloved Maple Avenue restaurant Avila's. After getting off to a rocky start (OK, a very dramatic start) in 2010, the Mexican restaurant is finally reopening today. The press release we received states "an internal face lift w ... More >>

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 >>

Color Us Excited

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 >>

He's Such a Koy One

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 >>

Dallas ISD Board of Trustees to Consider Expanding Pre-K to All-Day Throughout District

​There are countless studies that show children who get a full day of pre-kindergarten fare better than kids who only get partial-day instruction. Take, for instance, this '06 National Institute for Early Education Research look-see, Is More Better? The Effects of Full-Day vs. Half-Day Preschool o ... More >>

Lance Rock Your Socks Off

​There are countless studies that show children who get a full day of pre-kindergarten fare better than kids who only get partial-day instruction. Take, for instance, this '06 National Institute for Early Education Research look-see, Is More Better? The Effects of Full-Day vs. Half-Day Preschool o ... More >>

D Magazine Editor Tim Rogers Should Have Taken The Schutze Short Course On How Not to Humiliate Yourself as a Journalist.

​There are countless studies that show children who get a full day of pre-kindergarten fare better than kids who only get partial-day instruction. Take, for instance, this '06 National Institute for Early Education Research look-see, Is More Better? The Effects of Full-Day vs. Half-Day Preschool o ... More >>

More On the Rogers Situation: Because, Really, Is Anything More Important?

​Great. Tell me you're sick of journalists talking about journalists. I was too. I was perfectly ready to drop L'Affaire Tim Rogers -- whether or not he used his clout as the editor of D Magazine to get his kid bucked into a preschool program ahead of qualified poor kids. But Mr. Rogers feels ... More >>

Your First Look at DISD's 2011-'12 Budget, Which Cuts $90 Million and Reinstates Full-Day Pre-K (On Most Campuses, Anyway)

From today's first look at the proposed 2011-'12 Dallas ISD budget​As promised earlier today, on the other side you will find the entirety of the Dallas Independent School District's proposed budget for the 2011-'12 school year, which was just released. And though it's still rife with cuts ("Staff ... More >>

All Tracks Lead to Storytime

From today's first look at the proposed 2011-'12 Dallas ISD budget​As promised earlier today, on the other side you will find the entirety of the Dallas Independent School District's proposed budget for the 2011-'12 school year, which was just released. And though it's still rife with cuts ("Staff ... More >>

As DISD Struggles to Make Budget Cuts This Year, Board Warned It's Only Gonna Get Worse

​The Dallas Independent School District board was just told it's "still in limbo" when it comes to the exact dollar figure it can expect in cuts from the state Legislature, though something could land on Gov. Rick Perry's desk as early as late next week. Right now, Senate Bill 1 would take $63 mil ... More >>

Nourishing Stew for Kiddies

​The Dallas Independent School District board was just told it's "still in limbo" when it comes to the exact dollar figure it can expect in cuts from the state Legislature, though something could land on Gov. Rick Perry's desk as early as late next week. Right now, Senate Bill 1 would take $63 mil ... More >>