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• DISDs report card: Progress, problems, principals and portables

  
  DALLAS ISD — Authority: 133
  Like a kid, DISD gets a report card too.The district recently was rated on a four-point scale for progress on 2005 recommendations to improve curriculum and student achievement, train teachers, and develop good principals. The report was presented yesterday to school board members by the National Center for ...
  3 days ago

• Early returns show Flores, Parrott and Nutall with lead

  
  DALLAS ISD — Authority: 133
  Dallas County just uploaded the early voting returns. District 1 incumbent Edwin Flores has the lead in his race, with 50 percent of the vote. Kyle Renard is in second with 37 percent.In the District 3 race, Bruce Parrott is holding the lead with 41 percent of the vote. Incumbent Leigh Ann Ellis is trailing him with ...
  6 days ago

• DISD trustees: Two goals the new board must meet

  
  THE EDUCATION FRONT — Authority: 491
  No matter who wins the Dallas school elections today, the board has two primary responsibilities ahead of it. The first -- and most important -- one is to reassure the public that it is paying very close attention to the districts financial, management and administrative issues. Without stronger oversight, the ...
  6 days ago

• A firestorm at Truett

  
  DALLAS ISD — Authority: 133
  When I last blogged about George W. Truett Elementary School on Oct. 22, I pointed out the severe crowding problems and other facility issues that have led community members to unite and demand improvements.Since then, a firestorm has erupted at Truett, with a torrent of complaints about the school building, staff ...
  1 week ago

• Dallas ISD Daily Dish

  
  DALLAS ISD — Authority: 133
  Todays tray of hot district morsels ... ** (New item) Bad news for DISD trustee Jack Lowe. Zale Corp., where he is chairman, is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission for accounting matters. ** DISD Supt. Michael Hinojosa points out that passing state achievement tests doesnt mean kids ...
  1 week ago

• Trustees Gone Wild!

  
  DALLAS ISD — Authority: 133
  Was that the Dallas school board meeting last night or the WWF Smackdown ?Trustees were at each others throats at last nights board meeting — from Lew Blackburn telling Edwin Flores to "be a man" and calling him " Edwin Flores Troy " to Flores bringing up the now-closed Wilmer-Hutchins ISD as he criticized ...
  2 weeks ago

• Truett: The school left behind?

  
  DALLAS ISD — Authority: 133
  Crowding, portables without Internet, library book shortages -- the list goes on at George W. Truett Elementary School.I have been meeting with a group of residents-turned-activists who are appalled by conditions at Truett, their neighborhood school in East Dallas.The good news is that this group, which has been ...
  2 weeks ago

• Wonderful Intersect!

  
  Change the Wind — Authority: 425
  When relationships and responsibilities intersect in a meaningful way, it can make you awfully proud! One relationship that falls in that category is with Shawn Williams. I hesitate to refer to him as a fellow blogger because he is so far ahead of the curve when it comes to what he does and what I do! His creativity ...
  2 weeks ago

• Dallas ISD Daily Dish

  
  DALLAS ISD — Authority: 133
  Todays tray of hot district morsels ... **When do you want your kids in school? If youre a Dallas ISD parent, you can provide input into the 2010-11 DISD school calendar. Just go to DISDs website , where you can vote for one of two options. One big difference is when students are released for the summer -- before ...
  2 weeks ago

• Being a principal EVERY day is a tough job

  
  DALLAS ISD — Authority: 133
  It was great fun to be a "Principal For A Day" this morning at DISDs Edwin J. Kiest Elementary School. But I realized more than ever how tough it would be to be a school principal EVERY day.I got to do morning announcements, visit classes and attend a staff meeting as part of DISDs program to give business people, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Why dont students have textbooks?

  
  DALLAS ISD — Authority: 133
  I think most people would agree that even in the computer age, textbooks are a key learning tool at school, and that even financially-strapped school districts should make it a priority to get textbooks into the hands of students.But I heard today that some Dallas public high school students dont have textbooks for ...
  3 weeks ago

• Progress, but no clean audit for DISD

  
  DALLAS ISD — Authority: 133
  Last week, we heard good financial news from DISD about a higher-than-expected reserve fund for the budget year ending June 30.Today, Supt. Michael Hinojosa was preparing us for some not-so-good news.In a briefing with reporters, he mentioned that the district has made progress on correcting financial problems but ...
  3 weeks ago

• District 1 candidate Spiller wont graduate in December; revises resume to show "clearer picture" of academic background

  
  DALLAS ISD — Authority: 133
  As of this morning, District 1 School Board candidate Linus Spiller had a resume posted on his campaign website stating that he is a "Bachelor of Arts Candidate, December 2009" at the University of Texas at Arlington.Thats incorrect, according to the university. Spokeswoman Sue Stevens said Spiller is not a candidate ...
  4 weeks ago

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