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  Former Dallas Cowboys’ Star Jay Novacek’s Son Blake Struggles After Alleged Hazing at OU

  September 19 at 4 a.m.

  In Animal House, John Belushi’s “Bluto” and his fraternity brothers shoot a horse, throw a toga party, commence a food fight, molest an unconscious girl and get placed on double secret probation. In Old School, Will Ferrell’s “Frank the Tank” and his frat boys go streaking, tie cinder blocks to...

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  Texas State Board of Education Rewrites History. Stalin Would be Proud.

  September 14 at 4 a.m.

  In 2010, the Texas State Board of Education voted to change history. Now, students, teachers and activists are trying to fix it. The board held a hearing Tuesday and a first reading of proposed revisions to the social studies curriculum standard on Wednesday, but the night ended in the board...

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  Governor's Focus on Dallas Schools Could Shake Up City Politics

  September 11 at 4 a.m.

  Everybody always says the schools should be the No. 1 issue in the city. I wonder how we’ll take it when that idea suddenly comes true? Maybe well, maybe not very well at all. Gov. Greg Abbott has been giving off strong signals in recent weeks that he thinks the...

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  Dallas Public Schools Are Going from Agonizingly Bad to Amazingly Great In a Hurry

  August 24 at 4 a.m.

  Practice forgetfulness. Forget about the bitterness over the new statewide grading system for schools and school districts. Forget the whole debate over school reform in Dallas. For two seconds, do the good kind of forgetfulness. Now ponder this: The overwhelming objective evidence is that the Dallas public school system has...

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  Bad Grades: There Are Much Better Ways to Judge Texas Schools Than 'A' Through 'F'

  August 22 at 4:01 a.m.

  The Observer asked Dr. Stephen F. Waddell, an experienced educator and leader in school innovation, for his take on Texas' controversial new A-F grading system for public schools. See a longer bio and partial list of his bona fides at the end of his essay. This month school districts across...

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  They Duel on School Issues, but Both Sides Agree Dallas Is Great

  August 22 at 4 a.m.

  Gov. Greg Abbott and Dallas School board member Miguel Solis held dueling press conferences Tuesday at public school campuses barely a mile apart in East Dallas, Abbott calling for higher pay for teachers and Solis asking where the money is. Unspoken was a startling new theme shared by both sides:...