Apples to…Elephants?
This past weekend, the Austin American Statesman ran an article on charter schools with this thought-provoking title: “Could other schools learn charter lesson?” The online version had a more...
View ArticleSay NO to YES
Bill McKenzie, posing as an education expert for The Dallas Morning Snooze, opined lately that the Texas Education Commissioner should have been chosen from the ranks of Uplift or YES charter...
View ArticleMove On Down the Road
In what should have been a breaking news story, a Dallas Advanced Placement teacher increased his AP pass rate 20x by simply…moving on down the road to a magnet school. That was it. He didn’t grow...
View ArticleHey, Sharon Grigsby
Hey, Sharon: Because you and Belo Expectations share such an affinity for cheap shots and have little actual expertise in combing through education data, let us know whether the following press release...
View ArticleThe Charter School Debate: Does DISD Really Suck?
The question of whether charter schools have discovered the secret formula for student success is a hot topic for discussion these days, especially in light of Mayor Rawlings’s push for a home rule...
View ArticleDallas Home Rule Changes: Be Careful What You Ask For
It’s that time of year, when we start thinking “back to school.” If voters adopt a charter that Dallas schools will operate under, most certainly that charter will specify that the district will set...
View ArticleBIG ALEC and little alec: Together in Dallas
Dallas hosted the national conference of the American Legislative Exchange Council this week. These are the Big Guys, the consortium of elected officials and lobbyists that conspire to develop,...
View ArticleDallas Home Rule:Imagine the (2,020) Possibilities!
The Charter Commission met Monday night and, as the DMN’s Matt Haag aptly put it, “some commissioners struggled to understand” the ins and outs of Chapter 12. That is understandable, as anything...
View ArticleWhen the Levees Broke in Dallas ISD
In a parallel universe down in New Orleans, the transformation myth of the Recovery District, a portfolio district of privatized charters that was forced on the citizens of New Orleans, is being...
View ArticleDISD’s ACE Schools Kick Weak Kids in the Teeth
I’m sure it helps test scores, but punishing the weakest, least supported kids in Dallas by driving them out is no way to run a school district. And yet, that’s exactly the crux of Miles’ latest idea:...
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