Join Talk DISD, our new ongoing conversation about Dallas ISD
comments ()Tawnell and I are excited to launch a new feature on the Education Blog that will allow for everyone to engage in an ongoing, 24/7 discussion on all things Dallas ISD. It’s dubbed Talk DISD...
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Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams addresses Dallas audience
Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams delivered a speech at a downtown Dallas hotel Friday that touched on several issues, including his belief that Texas high school students will eventually...
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Seagoville Elementary teacher Robin Gattis finalist for H-E-B achievement award
Robin Gattis, a teacher at Seagoville Elementary School, is a finalist for the 2013 H-E-B Excellence in … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleDallas Baptist University earns high marks for teacher prep program, Texas...
Today the National Council on Teacher Quality released its examination on teacher preparation programs in which it reviewed 1,130 institutions based on various aspects including selectivity, the rigor...
View ArticleGISD vote a step toward clarity as well as transparency
Garland ISD trustees’ decision to proceed to televising board meetings is as much a move toward clarity as it is toward transparency. At 58,000 students, seven high schools and a service area that...
View ArticleHow Dallas ISD schools performed on the new state ratings
Click on your school to see details of how it performed on Texas’ new accountability rating system, which gives campuses either a “meets standard” or “needs improvement” rating. Dallas had 192 schools...
View ArticleVideo: New Plano high school principal kicks off the start of school
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View ArticleTexas principals gather in Dallas for leadership training
angioedema treatment Nearly 300 public school principals from across the state are in Dallas today for a symposium organized by the nonprofit Raise Your … [visit site to read more]
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A day in the life of Texas principal
Matt Brown, a principal at Remynse Elementary in Arlington, takes a selfie with a student as he chronicles his day at work. (Matt Brown/Raise Your Hand Texas) As the school year rolled to … [visit...
View ArticleINTERACTIVE: How much did that North Texas school cost?
Monday the Texas Comptroller’s office released a new report analyzing construction costs in Texas. The Dallas-Fort Worth area had the second-highest in the … [visit site to read more]
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Some guidance given to Texas schools on unaccompanied immigrant children
Unaccompanied immigrant children crowded around a table to color and draw in June as they waited at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in Brownsville. (Pool/Getty Images)visit...
View ArticleTexas will keep kiddos Texan despite seeking federal dollars for preschool...
Last week education commissioner Michael Williams did something very un-Texan like by announcing the state would seek $120 million in federal grants to boost preschool programs. So far Texas has...
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Dallas superintendent wants to increase pre-K spending by $45 million by 2020
On the first day of school this year, a class of prekindergarten students listen as their teacher reads a story at Leonides Gonzalez Cigarroa, M.D. Elementary in Dallas. (The Dallas Morning News...
View ArticleTexas earns C-minus, ranks 39th in nation on education ranking
Today the national publication Education Week issued its mostly annual report card grading states on education. Texas earned about the national average with a C-minus. The country earned a grade of C....
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Dallas Rep. Eric Johnson releases bi-partisan reform plan for Pre-K
In September, student Layla Malagon repeated a word during a classroom exercise at a pre-kindergarten program at Arthur Kramer Elementary School in Dallas. (The Dallas Morning News archives)visit site...
View ArticleObama’s budget includes boost to education funding
Today President Obama released his budget proposal for 2016 that would provide $70.7 billion in discretionary funding for education, about a 5 percent increase from the current year. The proposal...
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Senate committee to consider truancy reform in Texas
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How can cameras in Texas' special ed classes be used?
Texas is believed to be the first state to require video recording in special education … [visit site to read more]
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Garland ISD's last Confederate flag remnants don't go down without a fight
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