Skyline High School

Michael Johnson: Still Built for Speed

In the Wake of DISD Layoffs, a Pep Rally and Thank-You Note for Teachers

Buzz

A Minor Affair

When young love ended in a rape allegation, the juvenile justice system left a Dallas teen's life in limbo.

"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

Follow the Money

Don't let accusations of overtime fraud by low-level employees distract you. The real money disappears from the Dallas Independent School District through sleazy contracts awarded by top administrators.

Gimme Shelter

With public housing under assault from Congress, the Justice Department, and HUD, Dallas tenants' advocate Alice Basey is part of a grassroots movement fighting to keep poor families from going homeless

Dwaine Caraway Scared DISD Away From Skyline

The school district decides not to mess with Skyline's magnet program—or Caraway

Boshketball

Dallas hoops legend comes home to spread good in the 'hood

Alien Eats

Kitchen 1924 fulfills its promise of unpretentious food that tastes good

Rude Boy

The life and times of John Soldier

Out of the Ashes

Investigators find a suspect in a vicious arson fire that killed five dallas kids 15 years ago

2002 Revealed

An aging Buzz finds little to celebrate in the year gone by. What did you expect?

With Friends Like These...

CompUSA and Latin America's richest man get a $450 million lesson from a Dallas jury: Friendship and business don't mix.

We Interrupt Our Regular Broadcast for Schutze to Say Something Positive About the City

CompUSA and Latin America's richest man get a $450 million lesson from a Dallas jury: Friendship and business don't mix.

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 >>

Whitt's End: 9.23.11

​Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Doomsday scenario for Monday Night Football: Quarterback Jon Kitna. Running back DeMarco Murray. Receivers Kevin Ogletree, Jesse Holley and Dwayne Harris. Center Kevin Kowalski. Left guard ... More >>

Caraway: "In My Opinion, Skyline Won That Game, and All of the Players are Champions."

​This is not the first time Dwaine Caraway has stood up for Skyline High School. Three years ago, back when the Dallas ISD first toyed with tinkering with its magnets, the District Four council member -- and Roosevelt grad -- went to the board of trustees and demanded they keep their hands off Sky ... More >>

Along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard This Morning, a Parade ... and a Protest

Photos by Anna MerlanThe Skyline High School marching band, a fixture at the annual Martin Luther King Day Parade​I was out wandering around not far from my house this morning when I was lucky enough to catch a bit of the annual Elite News-sponsored Martin Luther King Day Parade. Hundreds of p ... More >>