Shirley Ison-Newsome

What Peavy actually said

Leave it to Keever

DISD's new leader has ambition and ideas--if anybody'd let him finish a meeting

"It's our turn to be heard"

With Hispanics the majority among Dallas schoolchildren and a Latino superintendent in their corner, Jesse Diaz and other activists say

Buzz

With Hispanics the majority among Dallas schoolchildren and a Latino superintendent in their corner, Jesse Diaz and other activists say

Executive sweet

DISD Superintendent Yvonne Gonzalez spent a lot more on her new office than taxpayers were told

See Yvonne. See Yvonne run. See Yvonne run from the truth.

She's the toughest superintendent DISD has ever had. But Yvonne Gonzalez's administration has already developed a dangerous tendency for bulldozing the facts.

Buzz

She's the toughest superintendent DISD has ever had. But Yvonne Gonzalez's administration has already developed a dangerous tendency for bulldozing the facts.

Rambo Justice

Are bad-boy lawyers Bill Brewer and John Bickel building a bridge to Dallas' minority communities, or trying to sell them one?

Little Schools That Could

Call off the air strike on DISD headquarters--there's some good stuff going on in the district

They Walk by Night

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

Dallas ISD's Without a Superintendent, a Chief Academic Officer and, Now, a Chief of Schools

Donna Micheaux​Earlier today, when word broke that Donna Micheaux was out the door as the Dallas Independent School District's chief of schools, I asked Jon Dahlander if there was Official Comment concerning the surprising departure. Because it is surprising, at least on the surface: Micheaux, who ... More >>

DISD Trustees Don't Want to Close Campuses. But They're Told: They Have No Other Choice.

The 107-year-old James W. Fannin Elementary, one of nine elementaries the district is likely to close come the 2012-13 school year​Late Thursday afternoon, and only because interim super Alan King had a flight to catch, the Dallas Independent School District trustees finally got around to discussi ... More >>