Dallas public schools

Dallas Public Schools: Finally, Some Pre-K Clarity

By Bethany Erickson / April 2, 2015 /

So remember how I went to drop off Tiny’s Pre-K enrollment packet and was met with total confusion? And then remember how, still confused about how Pre-K in DISD works for sure, we opted for a new plan involving a private Pre-K? You do? Good, because now we’re at the same point in the saga…

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Dallas Public Schools: Bridge Now, But Remember Later

By Bethany Erickson / March 27, 2015 /

Last night, the Dallas ISD board of trustees voted 9-0 to approve an amended bridge plan that will pump much-needed funds into improving some long-neglected schools, as well as set up more Pre-K classrooms. But it is a drop in the bucket, which explains the long night and the wrangling that went in to coming…

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Dallas Public Schools: Dear DISD, Can We Talk?

By Bethany Erickson / February 24, 2015 /

Dear Dallas ISD: I love you. I really do. Pretty much every single interaction I’ve had with you has been wonderful, hopeful and positive. But we need to talk – about talking. Or rather, communication. All the blogs in the world, all the tweets in the universe, all the Facebook posts in the lower 48…

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Dallas Public Schools: A Chat with Miguel Solis

By Bethany Erickson / January 12, 2015 /

A conversation with Miguel Solis will leave you pretty freakin’ pumped about education in general, and Dallas ISD in particular. A few weeks ago, before the holidays, I met with the Dallas ISD school board president for coffee and a frank discussion about the public perception problems DISD has. One of the first things I told…

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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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