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Dallas ISD’s Jack Lowe Elementary Makes 180 in Four Years

By Bethany Erickson / May 4, 2019 /
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Four years ago, if we had told you that we were going to talk about Jack Lowe Elementary and laud it, you might have been taken aback. Nowadays, it’s more unusual not to talk about the amazing turnaround of the little school that could. The school was ranked as one of the state’s 50 lowest…

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The House May Be a Fixer, But Gonzalez Elementary Gets an A

By Bethany Erickson / April 27, 2019 /
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For this week’s School Plus House, we head to Henry Gonzalez Elementary School in Pleasant Grove, which has earned a whole slate of accolades in the past few years, and was recently featured as one of Dallas ISD’s Best Schools. The school offers more than 20 extracurricular activities, including Chinese (seriously, Chinese). Next year, they’ll…

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Terrific Tudor Near Top-Notch Mills Elementary

By Bethany Erickson / April 20, 2019 /
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While moving to Oak Cliff is on the wishlists for many, you generally hear about one, maybe two schools that people desire buy near. But what if we told you just down Corinth sits a school that earned five out of six TEA distinctions last year — Roger Q. Mills Elementary? And what if we…

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Updated Home In Distinguished Dorsey Elementary Footprint

By Bethany Erickson / April 13, 2019 /

Nearly every week, a missive (or three) hits our inbox asking for recommendations on neighborhoods with the best schools. This week, we’re going to tell you about Dorsey Elementary in Pleasant Grove, which was recently featured in Dallas ISD’s weekly Best Schools video series. Last week, we checked out a listing zoned for Cowart Elementary…

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Sharin’ Sharon: Walk to One of the Best Schools in Dallas

By Bethany Erickson / April 6, 2019 /
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As we’ve written before, it’s becoming easier and easier to find a great home in a great neighborhood with great schools in Dallas ISD. So as an experiment, we decided to prove it by showing you this home on Sharon Street in Oak Cliff — within walking distance of Cowart Elementary. Why Cowart? Because each…

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