Education
Today, as Leah mentioned, is North Texas Giving Day. Yesterday we talked about some home-related organizations taking part and today I’d like to highlight some ways you can contribute to the educations of area children. There are more than 1,100 opportunities to help North Texas scholars, but these are some great charities and schools that…
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Since I write for a real estate publication, I get the, uh, benefit of hearing a lot about property taxes and how people feel about them. It’s because of that I can feel pretty confident when I say that this may not have been the year to try a 13-cent property tax increase, even if…
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Hooboy. I’ve gotten some heated emails about the Dallas Independent School District’s announcement that it would be asking voters for a 13-cent increase in property taxes come November. And I get it. But I also think that many of the folks that emailed me, or that I’ve seen railing against it on social media, have…
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We couldn’t be more pleased to have Bethany Erickson on our team. She’s our dedicated education reporter, covering a contentious school board election, expounding on Dallas ISD’s ongoing struggle to expand pre-K, and dissecting the relationship between real estate and education. Erickson, who doesn’t shy from the difficult subjects, sat down with the Dallas ISD education…
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This is the sorriest example of adults not being able to hold it together for the good of the kids that I’ve seen in quite some time. And I’m flummoxed as to how it came to this, as are many parents and their children who attend William B. Travis Academy/Vanguard and are involved in band.…
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