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May 16, 2012
While Miles Cleans House at DISD, Will Old-Guard Warriors Try to Burn It Down?
Wow. I wonder how many other ancient mariners of the Dallas public school situation put down their daily newspapers this morning, nodded as I did, and thought to themselves, "So they're messing with Ison-Newsome." That's serious. It could mean somebody's smart. Or stupid. I'm leaning toward somebod ... More >>
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February 10, 2012
DISD Sends Boys to See a War Movie Without Girls. Why, What a Good Bad Idea.
Talk about mixed feelings. I'm trying hard to be honest with myself about the big blow-up over the Dallas school system spending $57,000 yesterday to take 5,000 fifth-grade boys to a war movie while the fifth-grade girls had to stay back at school to watch a movie about a spelling bee. Tell ... More >>
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January 13, 2012
DISD Trustees Don't Want to Close Campuses. But They're Told: They Have No Other Choice.
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 discussing the 2012-13 budget and consolidating -- which is to say, closing -- those 11 campuses in order to save a guesstimated $11.5 mil ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
Dallas ISD's Without a Superintendent, a Chief Academic Officer and, Now, a Chief of Schools
Donna MicheauxEarlier 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 >>
News
October 5, 2000
Little Schools That Could
Call off the air strike on DISD headquarters--there's some good stuff going on in the district
News
September 28, 2000
They Walk by Night
Join us for a chilling tale of the (highly paid) un-dead at DISD headquarters
News
March 19, 1998
Rambo Justice
Are bad-boy lawyers Bill Brewer and John Bickel building a bridge to Dallas' minority communities, or trying to sell them one?
News
February 12, 1998
Buzz
Are bad-boy lawyers Bill Brewer and John Bickel building a bridge to Dallas' minority communities, or trying to sell them one?
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September 11, 1997
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.
News
July 31, 1997
Executive sweet
DISD Superintendent Yvonne Gonzalez spent a lot more on her new office than taxpayers were told
News
July 10, 1997
Buzz
DISD Superintendent Yvonne Gonzalez spent a lot more on her new office than taxpayers were told
News
April 17, 1997
"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
News
June 27, 1996
Leave it to Keever
DISD's new leader has ambition and ideas--if anybody'd let him finish a meeting
News
October 5, 1995
What Peavy actually said
DISD's new leader has ambition and ideas--if anybody'd let him finish a meeting

Shirley Ison-Newsome

Blogs

While Miles Cleans House at DISD, Will Old-Guard Warriors Try to Burn It Down?

Blogs

DISD Sends Boys to See a War Movie Without Girls. Why, What a Good Bad Idea.

Blogs

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

Blogs

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

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Little Schools That Could

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They Walk by Night

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Rambo Justice

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Buzz

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

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Executive sweet

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Buzz

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"It's our turn to be heard"

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Leave it to Keever

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What Peavy actually said

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