Give Mike Rawlings’s Education Plan a Grade

Forthcoming are Jim’s thoughts on the mayoral candidates’ forum held last night at Thomas Jefferson High School, which looks like it needs every cent of the $8-mil renovation that’s just commenced. But during the forum, Mike Rawlings referred to his public-educational platform, which he introduced yesterday during a press conference…

Maybe DISD Super Hinojosa Is a “Rock Star”?

Back in September, when Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa was being considered for the Las Vegas gig, trustee Edwin Flores told Unfair Park: “He’s a hot commodity. Outside of Dallas he’s a rock star.” A few Friends of Unfair Park with long memories have disagreed, but the district…

Speaking of Firing Teachers and Rainy Days …

By now you’ve read this (I hope), and it now appears the governor’s going to allow the state Lege to take $3.2 billion from the Rainy Day Fund to pay down some of that budget shortfall, which may just save a few teachers’ jobs. But Michael Quinn Sullivan, president of…