montessori

Crowley ISD to Debut Permanent Campus for Public Montessori Elementary School in Karis This Fall

By Candy's Dirt / March 8, 2024 /

Families in North Texas benefit from quality public education options for their children, so how do prospective homebuyers measure their new home’s location based on not just the school district but also the zoned school’s offerings? Studies have shown that quality schools influence the value of the home and a buyer’s decision to move. The…

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Low Enrollment At Some Campuses Spurs Revamp Strategy for Dallas ISD

By Bethany Erickson / March 23, 2018 /
Dallas ISD

It was a busy and productive monthly meeting of the Dallas ISD board of trustees Thursday evening, with much of the night centered on the creation of two new choice schools and an update on the Accelerating Campus Excellence program. The district’s ACE program has been partly responsible for the turnaround of several Improvement Required…

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Dallas Public Schools: And The Decision Is …

By Bethany Erickson / January 31, 2015 /

Today we had Tiny’s interview and assessment for the Dallas ISD magnet program – which sounds a whole lot more daunting than it actually was. But where did we end up going? Well, we were certain going in that we would be picking Dealey as our first choice school. It was close to our house. It…

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Dallas Public Schools: Is It Really a Montessori?

By Bethany Erickson / January 5, 2015 /

“We are looking at one of the two montessori schools Dallas ISD offers, and if we moved we are considering living near the one neighborhood montessori, Mata Elementary,” I’ve said more times than I can count when people ask about where Tiny will go to school. “And if that doesn’t happen, we are happy with him…

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Dallas Public Schools: My Goodness, the Choices!

By Bethany Erickson / December 10, 2014 /

Saturday morning, the Mister, Tiny and I drove over to Ellis Field house to attend the DISD magnet school fair. We left kind of stunned. A good stunned, though, because even with our two years of research and question-asking and review seeking, we were still surprised by the sheer volume of choice offered to families…

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