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Election Day in Dallas, the Live-Blog

By Bethany Erickson / May 9, 2015 /

As I mentioned last week, we will be live-blogging the election all day today. If you’re out and about, swing by your local polling place and punch a few buttons, won’t you, and then let us know how it went. If you’ve already voted, swing by anyway, and give those hardy souls volunteering for their…

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Dallas Public Schools: Running an Urban School District

By Bethany Erickson / May 2, 2015 /

A lot of numbers, a lot of jargon, and a lot of arguing about data occurred last night as Dallas ISD trustees discussed Superintendent Mike Miles’ future with Dallas public schools. And a lot of people argue passionately on both sides of the issue about which data points we should listen to. It’s a lot…

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Dallas Public Schools: Mike Miles Lives to Fight Another Day

By Bethany Erickson / May 1, 2015 /

I’ll have more later after I’ve had time to go through my notes, but brief rundown of tonight’s called meeting of the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees, with the lone item on the agenda being a discussion of superintendent Mike Miles’ employment status was contentious, and that may even be an understatement. The meeting lasted…

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Dallas Public Schools: Mike Miles’ Job in Jeopardy, School Board Votes Tomorrow

By Bethany Erickson / April 30, 2015 /

  Bill Rojas. Mike Moses. Michael Hinojosa. Mike Miles. That’s a list of the four people who have been Dallas ISD superintendent in the past 15 years. And if some on the current board of trustees have their way tomorrow at 4 p.m., Dallas public schools will be looking at a fifth superintendent in 15…

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Dallas Public Schools: UPDATE, Kyle Renard Responds

By Bethany Erickson / April 30, 2015 /

Late Wednesday night, Kyle Renard did get back to me regarding my question about her stance on charter schools, since it appeared to change. I’m going to print it in its entirety. I still think that it should’ve been mentioned in her response – after all, the question was about charter schools, with no distinction.…

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