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U.S. Department of Education

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Commission Recommends DISD Get Rid Of Metal Detectors. But Do They Work?

    As Matthew Haag noted yesterday over at the Morning News' education blog, DISD's Citizen Budget Review Commission made several recommendations at last week's board briefing for how the district might cut costs. The most eye-catching: consider getting rid of metal detectors in middle and high school ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Mark Cuban Tackles America's Student Loan Bubble, Then Roots for It to Burst

    In addition to sports team ownership and a sideline in media impresario-ness, Mark Cuban is quite the blogger: dishing out advice to the Occupy movement, fulminating about patent law, apologizing for some casual homophobia. And a few days ago, he aired his views on the small matter of student loan d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Republican Senate Candidates Are Politically Identical

    Still deciding who to favor among the Republican candidates vying for nomination to the U.S. Senate? Might as well play eenie, meenie, miney, mo, or choose based on favorite color or music preference, because politically, they're practically the same. Tom Leppert, Senate candidate and former Dallas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    In Dallas ISD, Algebra for (Almost) Everyone on the Bridge Over the Opportunity Gap

    Make no mistake: The achievement gap is still a seemingly uncrossable gorge, and minority students in Dallas and across the country are still pretty much hosed. But in a few key areas at least, black and Latino students are slightly less hosed here than they are in other large, urban school district ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    In Deion Sanders's Quest for a Charter School, the Whistleblower Turns it Up to 11

    Lawrence Smith has what you might call a bit of a beef with Cowboys great Deion Sanders. And he just took that beef -- what's that phrase? Ah yes. Priiiime tiiiime. A few years back, Smith went into business with Sanders and a businessman named D.L. Wallace on a high-school recruiting directory cal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Nation's Report Card Shows DISD Students Doing OK in Math, Need Help With Reading

    ​Moments ago, the National Center for Education Statistics released its so-called Nation's Report Card, wherein the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences rank fourth- and eighth-grade public school students from 21 urban districts using math and reading scores. And f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Rick Perry, Proving That When When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold

    ​OK, so just below this item is last night's Saturday Night Live sketch starring the best Rick Perry impersonator yet, Rick Perry. But a lot's happened since then as the Perry camp attempts to salvage the campaign. Like that tweet from the gov you see above. And: the hastily popped-up poll on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Hinojosa About-Faces on Townview Restructuring, Goes With Parents' Proposal

    ​Just a few minutes ago, the Dallas Independent School District posted to its Facebook page a lengthy note that says Superintendent Michael Hinojosa has ditched his plan to split Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center into two schools while at the same time eliminating five of its seven principals. Inste ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    DISD Splits Townview Center Into "Two Schools" With Two Principals, Not Seven

    ​The Dallas Independent School District sent word earlier this afternoon: It is splitting the mammoth Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center on E. Eighth Street into two schools -- one devoted to humanities; the other, arts and science. The six magnets housed within Townview, among them the TAG Magnet, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    Tiffany Derry Defends For-Profit Culinary Schools

    ​Dallas chef Tiffany Derry this week dove into the maelstrom surrounding financial assistance at for-profit colleges, arguing in an essay for The Hill that the government is threatening the culinary arts by withholding loans from students enrolled in career schools. The Department of Educatio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    First, DISD Opened a High School for Over-Age Students. Now, Perhaps, Comes Middle School.

    ​Lots of interesting items to be found on the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees' briefing agenda for Thursday, and we'll get to 'em in short order -- which is to say, in the order the phone calls are returned on the myriad subjects of interest. But let's begin with this: At its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    In DISD and Across Local Charter Schools, Teach for America's Growing Next Year

    ​While they were busy voting not to extend their term lengths last Thursday, the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees also made the call to extend the district's partnership with Teach for America, on the heels of the glowing review they heard of TFA's first year-and-a-half here so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    For the First Time, The Man Who Blew the Whistle in DISD E-Rate Scandal Talks

    Yacht ForumsIt ws Ruben Bohuchot's passion for Post Yachts, like the one seen here, that ultimately let to his downfall at DISD.​Danny Cain does not and never has worked for the Dallas Independent School District. He does not and never has worked for Hewlett Packard. And yet yesterday, two federal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2010

    DISD's Running Full-Speed to Reform Through New West Dallas "School Zone"

    Patrick MichelsChartering a new course: Mayor Tom Leppert and DISD superintendent Michael Hinojosa this morning at Dallas City Hall​This morning's mayor's breakfast at City Hall featured a parade of speakers covering the need for big-picture reforms in West Dallas education, the sort of shakeups t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2009

    A Week After Losing Its Accreditation, the Fate of Paul Quinn College Still Up in the Air

    Kimberly ThorpePaul Quinn College president Michael SorrellMore questions than answers remain about the future of Paul Quinn College a week after its president announced the institution's loss of accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Michael Sorrell last Friday explain ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Wherein the DO and the DISD Have a Math-Off Concerning Per-Pupil Expenditures

    On Tuesday of this week Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander responded to questions I had asked him last week for my column this week about per-pupil expenditures at high school campuses. Unfortunately, his response by e-mail reached me several days after my deadline had passed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    DISD's Attempt to Gut Magnets, Learning Centers Gets Uglier With Every Misstep

    Patrick MichelsThe scene outside 3700 Ross Avenue last nightLast night's decision by the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees to delay voting on budget cuts for the district's enhanced schools was more than just a stall. The debate leading up to that decision shed a little more lig ... More >>

  • News

    May 14, 2009

    Go Ahead DISD Trustees. Gut the Magnet Schools. If You Want a City That Aspires to Mediocrity.

    Patrick MichelsThe scene outside 3700 Ross Avenue last nightLast night's decision by the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees to delay voting on budget cuts for the district's enhanced schools was more than just a stall. The debate leading up to that decision shed a little more lig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2009

    Eddie Bernice Johnson Asks DISD Board to Delay Tonight's Staffing Vote

    Eddie Bernice JohnsonThe headline says it all. But this missive, which we just received from Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson's office concerning the fight over funding at Dallas Independent School District's magnet schools and learning centers, says it better. Certainly, longer.Update at 5:15 p. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    Sooner Than Later, DISD Trustees Will Run Out of Legal Excuses They Can Hide Behind

    Ben BarlowI spoke this morning with Ben Barlow, the Fort Worth attorney for the Dallas Independent School District system who had informed me yesterday that no waivers were available under existing law for Dallas's magnet schools facing severe budget cuts under federal Title I funding rules. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    Eddie Bernice Johnson, Others Taking a Keen Interest In DISD Trustees' Efforts to Gut Magnet Schools and Learning Centers

    Congresswoman Eddie Bernice JohnsonThings are popping a bit today on the Dallas Independent School District magnet schools front.Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson's office confirms that Johnson is talking to the U.S. Department of Education seeking "clarification" of its current position on Title ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Magnet Mayhem: DISD Trustees Seem Hell-Bent on Gutting the Crown Jewels of the District, and for No Good Reason

    Allied Works ArchitectureThe Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual ArtsThe Dallas Independent School District is about to do massive damage to its magnet school and learning center programs. The magnets represent the best of the district's academic efforts. The learning cent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    In Dallas District Court, that Preston Hollow Elementary Lawsuit You Forgot All About

    Illustration by Brian StaufferWith little fanfare and hardly any spectators, the trial in the case of Graciela McKay vs. DISD wraps up this week in U.S. District Court, with a verdict expected as early as tomorrow. McKay is the Preston Hollow teacher who filed a federal lawsuit against the district ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    Last Night at W.T. White, Michael Hinojosa Reminded Everyone Who's in Charge of DISD

    Mark GrahamMichael HinojosaIt was the last question of the night: "What do you think of the mayor's concept for taking over the Dallas Independent School District?" The audience, consisting of only a few folks scattered throughout the W.T. White High School auditorium last night, let out a collectiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    DISD's About to Get Very Stimulated

    Library of CongressBy now, perhaps, you've read that some $104,070,000 of the nearly $800 billion stimulus package will wind up in the pockets of the Dallas Independent School District. (If your kids aren't in the DISD, you can see how your district fared in the sweepstakes by checking out this site ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Ten Years Ago, Kevin Sullivan Said Goodbye to the Dallas Mavericks' Front Office. Next Week, He Moves Out of the West Wing.

    A decade ago, I interviewed Kevin Sullivan on his last day as the Dallas Mavericks' vice president of communications, a job he'd held for 18 years -- since the team's inception in 1980. It seemed like a good idea to do another exit interview today, because Sullivan, pictured above with President Bus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2008

    DISD: A Hiring Freeze, Wasted Millions and a Missing Audit. Awesome.

    A decade ago, I interviewed Kevin Sullivan on his last day as the Dallas Mavericks' vice president of communications, a job he'd held for 18 years -- since the team's inception in 1980. It seemed like a good idea to do another exit interview today, because Sullivan, pictured above with President Bus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2008

    John Wiley Price, You've Been Schooled

    A decade ago, I interviewed Kevin Sullivan on his last day as the Dallas Mavericks' vice president of communications, a job he'd held for 18 years -- since the team's inception in 1980. It seemed like a good idea to do another exit interview today, because Sullivan, pictured above with President Bus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2007

    Will Clarke Still Getting Rhode Hard and Put Up Wet

    A decade ago, I interviewed Kevin Sullivan on his last day as the Dallas Mavericks' vice president of communications, a job he'd held for 18 years -- since the team's inception in 1980. It seemed like a good idea to do another exit interview today, because Sullivan, pictured above with President Bus ... More >>

  • News

    September 27, 2007

    Higher Learning

    A decade ago, I interviewed Kevin Sullivan on his last day as the Dallas Mavericks' vice president of communications, a job he'd held for 18 years -- since the team's inception in 1980. It seemed like a good idea to do another exit interview today, because Sullivan, pictured above with President Bus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2007

    Feds Set to Announce Public Corruption Indictment in Moments...

    A decade ago, I interviewed Kevin Sullivan on his last day as the Dallas Mavericks' vice president of communications, a job he'd held for 18 years -- since the team's inception in 1980. It seemed like a good idea to do another exit interview today, because Sullivan, pictured above with President Bus ... More >>

  • News

    July 20, 2006

    Mavs Man Is Now a Bush Man

    A decade ago, I interviewed Kevin Sullivan on his last day as the Dallas Mavericks' vice president of communications, a job he'd held for 18 years -- since the team's inception in 1980. It seemed like a good idea to do another exit interview today, because Sullivan, pictured above with President Bus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2006

    Brad Davis for President. Or Not.

    A decade ago, I interviewed Kevin Sullivan on his last day as the Dallas Mavericks' vice president of communications, a job he'd held for 18 years -- since the team's inception in 1980. It seemed like a good idea to do another exit interview today, because Sullivan, pictured above with President Bus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2006

    Sully in the White House

    A decade ago, I interviewed Kevin Sullivan on his last day as the Dallas Mavericks' vice president of communications, a job he'd held for 18 years -- since the team's inception in 1980. It seemed like a good idea to do another exit interview today, because Sullivan, pictured above with President Bus ... More >>

  • News

    October 16, 2003

    Schoolhouse Dynamite

    If Russell Fish ever wins his lawsuit, watch 'em blow

  • News

    March 30, 2000

    Out of step

    Dallas dance companies struggle to find an audience in a city that trains many dancers but can't seem to keep them here

  • News

    March 23, 2000

    Planting SEEDs of hope

    An innovative math program recalculates which students will succeed and which will fail at DISD

  • News

    January 27, 2000

    No class

    New York-based Edison Schools flunked out with trying to privatize Sherman's public schools. Why should things be any different in Dallas?

  • News

    March 11, 1999

    Gutless coup

    Everybody's talking about a takeover at DISD, but nobody wants to do anything about it

  • News

    November 26, 1998

    Math wars

    Plano parents lay siege to enthusiasts of the "New New Math" in a fight over how to fix the sorry state of math instruction in the public schools

  • News

    March 26, 1998

    Buzz

    Plano parents lay siege to enthusiasts of the "New New Math" in a fight over how to fix the sorry state of math instruction in the public schools

  • News

    September 4, 1997

    Too Smart For Their Own Good

    "Jones' Geniuses" can calculate difficult math problems in their heads. But DISD hasn't always liked the answers.

  • News

    August 1, 1996

    Congressional hopeful Jerry Frankel has ideas, brains, and GUTS.

    Dick Armey will eat his lunch.

  • News

    May 2, 1996

    Storm warning

    When a tornado ripped through Lancaster, it also laid bare the city's racial wounds

  • News

    December 7, 1995

    School for Scandal

    Principal Mike Stiles was turning Dallas' troubled Sunset High around - until a critical misjudgement threw him into a political snakepit

  • Calendar

    November 30, 1995

    Events for the week

    Principal Mike Stiles was turning Dallas' troubled Sunset High around - until a critical misjudgement threw him into a political snakepit

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