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  Texas' New School Rankings May Be Too Simple for Their Own Good

  August 16 at 4 a.m.

  Almost every school and every school district in Texas got a report card Wednesday, spelling out for parents, students and anyone else paying attention how the Texas Education Agency believes the institutions it oversees are performing. The new, Legislature-approved measures are easy to read and make it easier to compare...

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  Maybe Letter Grades for School Districts Should Be From Greek Alphabet

  August 9 at 4 a.m.

  There must be some ancient instinct buried somewhere in our Cro-Magnon genetic roots that makes people start squealing and whining like they’re going to die if you dare suggest there might be something wrong with their kids. And not just their own kids but kids who are in their care...

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  New Mentorship Program in Dallas ISD Focuses on Boys Now, Girls Later, LGBTQ Kids Maybe

  July 24 at 4 a.m.

  1Last December, a youth program issued a call seeking 50 local men to go to Dallas' Dade Middle School for a mentorship breakfast to inspire boys. About 600 showed up, and the positive response made national headlines for a heartwarming viral story of men serving as role models to boys...

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  Fort Worth Med School Wants to Stop Making Scary Doctors

  July 18 at 4 a.m.

  A doctor in a white coat walks into a examination room. The patient’s diagnosis: veisalgia. There is no cure, only treatments. The patient will have to live with nausea, lethargy, muscle aches and a sensitivity to bright light and loud noises. Doctor leaves the room. Next patient. Relax, dude, it’s...

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  Using Crooked City Zoning to Punish Charter Schools Is a Truly Terrible Idea

  June 25 at 4 a.m.

  Dallas school trustee Joyce Foreman urged the Dallas City Council last week to begin using its power over real estate zoning as a sword to chop off new charter schools at the knees by denying zoning for new campuses. She accused the charters of bleeding the public school system of...

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  Prosper High's Newspaper Staff Says New Principal Censored Stories, Ousted Adviser

  June 8 at 4 a.m.

  The staff of Prosper High School's student news website Eagle Nation Online has racked up an impressive number of awards and a reputation for reporting on more than just pep rallies and school events. The students dig deep for sources on stories such as a report on how teachers "strongly...