The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas just sent word that the organization, in coordination with a U.N.-affiliated advocacy group called United Sikhs, sent out a letter warning Texas school districts — including DISD — to protect Sikh students from discrimination or bullying. The missive is after the jump. The…
Last time we checked, there wasn’t much to laugh about when it came to the state of public education in Dallas. But leave it to Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa to at least try to insert some humor, even at his own expense. This morning Hinojosa gave the…
Maybe you recall the ruckus raised last May, when some folks up in Frisco got upset with the fact the school district allowed for the dissemination of Gideon bibles on campuses. And no doubt you recall what happened a year earlier, when some Jewish kids in Plano ISD were taunted…
Struggling to remain viable since losing its Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accreditation this summer, Paul Quinn College yesterday announced a major fund-raising milestone. The historic black college has raised more than $1 million since July, when the Texas Legislative Black Caucus rallied behind the foundering 137-year-old institution. School…
So, judging by this sneak peak at the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees’ briefing agenda this week, Ron Price has decided to save the district $18,000-plus: He’s now recommending giving DISD Chief Academic Officer Robin Ryan a $10,000 raise. Because, as you may recall, Price and superintendent Michael…
Got a buddy who is Cowboys’ season-ticket holder. One of the privileges is getting first dibs at all the events – not just NFL games – at the sparking, billion-dollar joint. So he buys four tickets on the 50 to last month’s Oklahoma-BYU game. Cost him $1,200, and he sells them…
Now that the air has been cleared regarding Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa’s poorly spelled add-on agenda item to “undo” the $28,000 raise set aside for Chief Academic Officer Robin Ryan, we can move on to what happened at today’s Dallas Regional Chamber meeting: “A Look Back and…
A Dallas Regional Chamber meeting featuring Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa has been on our agenda now for some time. Still, we couldn’t help but use the opportunity to ask Hinojosa in person about this morning’s story by Tawnell Hobbs, who reported that Hinojosa may face reprimand after…
It’s been around since forever — not quite since the ’70s, but close enough. But just yesterday, National Public Radio’s Wade Goodwyn got around to profiling for All Things Considered none other than Mesquite ISD’s KEOM-FM (88.5), our once-upon-a-time favorite blast from the past where, Goodwyn reports, the sound of…
I had big money on the outcome of last night’s Kimball-A. Maceo Smith game at James Jones Field, but now what? Because this morning we got word that the showdown in Southwest Dallas was shutdown by the refs midway through the third quarter. Still not sure exactly what happened, except…
Earlier this week, the recently formed Dallas Friends of Public Education PAC announced its endorsements for the Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees: Dr. Kyle Renard (District 1), Bruce Parrott (District 3) and Bernadette Nutall (District 9 … no, different District 9). The special election, which pits those candidates…
Those trying to keep the Dallas Independent School District from razing W.H. Adamson High School have put out the word: Tomorrow’s the last chance to speak up before the board votes on the resolution to quash historical designation. It’s on the consent agenda for tomorrow, and Adamson alumni are marshalling…
In the end, Jordin Sparks had way more time with the microphone than a certain former president at Cowboys Stadium, where, this morning, George and Laura Bush were among those on-hand to unveil the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee’s educational outreach initiative called Service Learning Adventures in North…
George W. and Laura Bush are scheduled to speak at 11 this morning at Cowboys Stadium — who knows, maybe the ex-president slept over? Of course, Arlington school kids won’t be out there for the announcement concerning the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee’s historic service-learning program, about which…
There’s an awful nice Associated Press piece floating around about 11-year-old Dallas Environmental Science Academy sixth-grader Dalton Sherman, who, as you no doubt recall, became the Dallas Independent School District most famous motivational speaker after his back-to-school keynote in ’08. There’s a good reason for the follow-up a year later:…
As the Friends of Unfair Park can probably guess, there were two good reasons why we suffered through nearly four hours of a Dallas Independent School District board of trustees briefing today. The first: the fate of W. H. Adamson High School, whose historic main building district officials want to…
We have 508 Park Avenue; The Dallas Morning News, Adamson High School, which the Dallas Independent School District wants to demolish, save for the facade, to make way for a new facility next door by August 2012. A few weeks back, the paper made note of the DISD’s tussles with…
While President Obama’s speech to students met a lukewarm reception at some schools around Dallas-Fort Worth, former Dallas mayor and current U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk made sure the speech played to a full house this morning at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.At a…
A couple of weeks back, we mentioned that the Dallas Independent School District’s board of trustees is considering putting a cap on how long speakers get to, ya know, speak at board meetings. Turns out — surprise, surprise — there’s some dissent amongst the board regarding the proposal: At Thursday’s…
A few minutes ago, I spoke to Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander concerning his voice-mail message this morning. I wondered if today’s decision, to let teachers and principals decide whether their classes could watch President Obama’s speech to students on Tuesday, was a change from any kind of…
So, the Plano Independent School District has opted out of President Obama’s speech to students on Tuesday, but what says the Dallas ISD? I asked Jon Dahlander, district spokesman, via e-mail this morning about the district’s plans. While I was out of the office, he left the following message on…
In a small meeting room at Dallas Independent School District headquarters this afternoon, Ron Price addressed reporters and a half-dozen cameras to explain why — on the eve of the deadline to file for re-election as District 9 trustee — he’s ending his 12-year run on the school board. “I…
